CLC CERTIFIED LACTATION COUNSELOR
STUDY GUIDE REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ costs to prevent needless deaths. Answer: less than $6 billion/year
worldwide
⩥ suboptimal breastfeeding. Answer: accounts for more than 3,340
maternal and child deaths a year, 80% are maternal
⩥ nursing a baby for a year or more. Answer: decreases by 10-15% the
risk of developing hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and
cardiovascular disease
⩥ women who do not breastfeed. Answer: are at greater risk for
myocardial infarction and aspects of metabolic syndrome; are at a
greater risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
⩥ WHO and UNICEF three strategies. Answer: for increased
breastfeeding initiation and duration in every country: promotion,
protection, and support
⩥ breastfeeding promotion. Answer: focuses on advantages of
breastfeeding on a personal, community, country, or global level
,⩥ breastfeeding protection. Answer: focuses on government,
manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breastfeeding's ability
to compete with commercial interests; includes addressing improper
marketing practices; the AAP advices not to provide formula, company
gift bags, and industry-authored handouts; in the US, state and local
breastfeeding legislation addresses breastfeeding in public, employment
issues, jury duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc.
⩥ breastfeeding support. Answer: focuses on the interaction of "helpers"
with family as well as program development and implementation
⩥ community expertise. Answer: variety of community expertise is
needed to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding
⩥ International models. Answer: for integrating breastfeeding
promotion, protection, and support as well as balancing technical
information, programs, and protocols
⩥ CLC. Answer: nationally recognized designation awarded by the
ALPP to those who are exam eligible and pass the exam; have
competenct verified
⩥ CLCs and IBCLCs. Answer: health professionals who provide
lactation support
, ⩥ why is breastfeeding so difficult?. Answer: 1. unrealistic expectations
2. lack of timely interventions
⩥ unrealistic expectations. Answer: lack of preparation for what the
newborn period would look like
⩥ lack of timely interventions. Answer: mother's problems at 3 to 7 days
posed as the greatest risk to stopping
⩥ breastfeeding trends. Answer: last 150 years or som rates have
declined
⩥ international code of matketing of breastmilk substitutes (the code).
Answer: an international health policy framework to regulate the
marketing of breastmilk substitutes in order to protect breastfeeding
- published by the WHO in 1981
- internationally agreed voluntary code of practice
- written in response to the marketing activities of the infant feeding
indurstry which were promoting formula feeding over breastfeeding,
which in turn was leading to dramatic increases in maternal and infant
morbidity and mortality
- subsequent clarifying and extending resolutions have been passed by
the world health assembly
STUDY GUIDE REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ costs to prevent needless deaths. Answer: less than $6 billion/year
worldwide
⩥ suboptimal breastfeeding. Answer: accounts for more than 3,340
maternal and child deaths a year, 80% are maternal
⩥ nursing a baby for a year or more. Answer: decreases by 10-15% the
risk of developing hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and
cardiovascular disease
⩥ women who do not breastfeed. Answer: are at greater risk for
myocardial infarction and aspects of metabolic syndrome; are at a
greater risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
⩥ WHO and UNICEF three strategies. Answer: for increased
breastfeeding initiation and duration in every country: promotion,
protection, and support
⩥ breastfeeding promotion. Answer: focuses on advantages of
breastfeeding on a personal, community, country, or global level
,⩥ breastfeeding protection. Answer: focuses on government,
manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breastfeeding's ability
to compete with commercial interests; includes addressing improper
marketing practices; the AAP advices not to provide formula, company
gift bags, and industry-authored handouts; in the US, state and local
breastfeeding legislation addresses breastfeeding in public, employment
issues, jury duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc.
⩥ breastfeeding support. Answer: focuses on the interaction of "helpers"
with family as well as program development and implementation
⩥ community expertise. Answer: variety of community expertise is
needed to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding
⩥ International models. Answer: for integrating breastfeeding
promotion, protection, and support as well as balancing technical
information, programs, and protocols
⩥ CLC. Answer: nationally recognized designation awarded by the
ALPP to those who are exam eligible and pass the exam; have
competenct verified
⩥ CLCs and IBCLCs. Answer: health professionals who provide
lactation support
, ⩥ why is breastfeeding so difficult?. Answer: 1. unrealistic expectations
2. lack of timely interventions
⩥ unrealistic expectations. Answer: lack of preparation for what the
newborn period would look like
⩥ lack of timely interventions. Answer: mother's problems at 3 to 7 days
posed as the greatest risk to stopping
⩥ breastfeeding trends. Answer: last 150 years or som rates have
declined
⩥ international code of matketing of breastmilk substitutes (the code).
Answer: an international health policy framework to regulate the
marketing of breastmilk substitutes in order to protect breastfeeding
- published by the WHO in 1981
- internationally agreed voluntary code of practice
- written in response to the marketing activities of the infant feeding
indurstry which were promoting formula feeding over breastfeeding,
which in turn was leading to dramatic increases in maternal and infant
morbidity and mortality
- subsequent clarifying and extending resolutions have been passed by
the world health assembly
