Hyderabad: Data reveals that only 42 percent of babies in the country have early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) , and just 43 percent are exclusively breastfed up to the age of six months. There is also a significant delay in initiating complementary feeding, which is the process of giving infants foods to fill nutritional gaps, which should begin by six months of age. As Breast Feeding Week is observed in the first week of August, it is crucial to understand the role of breastfeeding