Aim: 20 years after establishment of the National Breastfeeding Committee, the present work, based on published data on breastfeeding, is aimed at providing insight into the development of breastfeeding behaviour in Germany.Methods: To identify relevant publications, a comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed and Web of Science using the search terms "breast feeding" or "breastfeeding" in combination with "Germany". The publication period was limited to the period 1995-2014.Results: A total of 35 studies with data on breastfeeding for the birth cohorts of 1990-2012 were identified. Most of the data had been collected in regional or local surveys, often retrospectively. About 60 % of the studies had been conducted with the primary aim of collecting data on breastfeeding or infant nutrition. Over the past 2 decades, breastfeeding rates were always relatively high at the beginning (72-97 %). However, they declined significantly within the first 2 months, and by the age of 6 months, only about 50 % of infants were still breastfed.Conclusion: Breastfeeding support and early assistance should be offered to a greater extent in order to achieve sustainable improvement of breastfeeding frequency and duration in Germany. Regarding the quality of data collected on breastfeeding, it seems crucial to implement standardised approaches to monitor breastfeeding in Germany.

Stillen gilt als die optimale Ernährungsform für gesunde reif geborene Säuglinge und ist mit einer Vielzahl an Vorteilen für Gesundheit und Entwicklung verbunden. Jedoch führen Stillprobleme häufig zu einem frühzeitigen Abbruch der Stillbeziehung. Um eine optimale Betreuung von stillenden Frauen zu gewährleisten, sind einheitliche Handlungsempfehlungen für die Therapie der stillassoziierten Brusterkrankungen notwendig. Auf Initiative der Nationalen Stillkommission wurde eine evidenz- und konsensbasierte Leitlinie zur Therapie wunder Brustwarzen, der verstärkten initialen Brustdrüsenschwellung, der Mastitis puerperalis und des Milchstaus entwickelt. Die Leitlinienentwicklung folgte methodisch den Kriterien der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF). Die Empfehlungen wurden basierend auf systematischen Recherchen und Bewertungen der Literatur und unter Berücksichtigung praktischer Erfahrungen in einer interdisziplinär zusammengesetzten Expertengruppe abgeleitet. Zusätzlich wurden Klinische Konsensuspunkte als Expertenmeinung zu Fragestellungen formuliert, zu denen keine wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen möglich sind oder angestrebt werden. Im vorliegenden Artikel werden die Empfehlungen der S3-Leitlinie zusammenfassend präsentiert.

Breastfeeding is widely acknowledged to be the best and most complete form of nutrition for healthy infants born at term and is associated with numerous benefits in terms of infants' health, growth, immunity and development. However, breastfeeding problems often result in early weaning. Standardized treatment recommendations for breastfeeding-related diseases are necessary to optimize the care offered to breastfeeding women. Evidence and consensus based guidelines for the treatment of puerperal mastitis, sore nipples, engorgement and blocked ducts were developed on the initiative of the National Breastfeeding Committee. These guidelines were developed in accordance with the criteria set up by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF), the Association of Scientific Medical Societies in Germany. The recommendations were drawn up by an interdisciplinary group of experts and were based on a systematic search and evaluation of the literature but also took clinical experience into account. Additionally good clinical practice (GCP) in terms of expert opinion was formulated in cases where scientific investigations could not be performed or were not aimed for. This article presents a summary of the recommendations of the S3-guidelines.

Breastfeeding is widely acknowledged to be the best and most complete form of nutrition for healthy infants born at term and is associated with numerous benefits in terms of infantsʼ health, growth, immunity and development. However, breastfeeding problems often result in early weaning. Standardized treatment recommendations for breastfeeding-related diseases are necessary to optimize the care offered to breastfeeding women. Evidence and consensus based guidelines for the treatment of puerperal mastitis, sore nipples, engorgement and blocked ducts were developed on the initiative of the National Breastfeeding Committee. These guidelines were developed in accordance with the criteria set up by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF), the Association of Scientific Medical Societies in Germany. The recommendations were drawn up by an interdisciplinary group of experts and were based on a systematic search and evaluation of the literature but also took clinical experience into account. Additionally good clinical practice (GCP) in terms of expert opinion was formulated in cases where scientific investigations could not be performed or were not aimed for. This article presents a summary of the recommendations of the S3-guidelines. Zusammenfassung ! Stillen gilt als die optimale Ernährungsform für gesunde reif geborene Säuglinge und ist mit einer Vielzahl an Vorteilen für Gesundheit und Entwicklung verbunden. Jedoch führen Stillprobleme häufig zu einem frühzeitigen Abbruch der Stillbeziehung. Um eine optimale Betreuung von stillenden Frauen zu gewährleisten, sind einheitliche Handlungsempfehlungen für die Therapie der still-assoziierten Brusterkrankungen notwendig. Auf Initiative der Nationalen Stillkommission wurde eine evidenzund konsensbasierte Leitlinie zur Therapie wunder Brustwarzen, der verstärkten initialen Brustdrüsenschwellung, der Mastitis puerperalis und des Milchstaus entwickelt. Die Leitlinienentwicklung folgte methodisch den Kriterien der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF). Die Empfehlungen wurden basierend auf systematischen Recherchen und Bewertungen der Literatur und unter Berücksichtigung praktischer Erfahrungen in einer interdisziplinär zusammengesetzten Expertengruppe abgeleitet. Zusätzlich wurden Klinische Konsensuspunkte als Expertenmeinung zu Fragestellungen formuliert, zu denen keine wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen möglich sind oder angestrebt werden. Im vorliegenden Artikel werden die Empfehlungen der S3-Leitlinie zusammenfassend präsentiert. S3-Guidelines for the Treatment of Inflammatory Breast Disease during the Lactation Period AWMF Guidelines, Registry No. 015/071 (short version) S3-Leitlinie „Therapie entzündlicher Brusterkrankungen in der Stillzeit“ AWMF Leitlinien-Register Nr. 015/071 (Kurzfassung) Authors A. Jacobs1,2, M. Abou-Dakn3, K. Becker4, D. Both5, S. Gatermann6, R. Gresens7, M. Groß8, F. Jochum9, M. Kühnert10, E. Rouw11, M. Scheele12, A. Strauss13, A.-K. Strempel14, K. Vetter15, A. Wöckel16 Affiliations The affiliations are listed at the end of the article

Breastfeeding is widely acknowledged to be the best and most complete form of nutrition for healthy infants born at term and is associated with numerous benefits in terms of infants' health, growth, immunity and development. However, breastfeeding problems often result in early weaning. Standardized treatment recommendations for breastfeeding-related diseases are necessary to optimize the care offered to breastfeeding women. Evidence and consensus based guidelines for the treatment of puerperal mastitis, sore nipples, engorgement and blocked ducts were developed on the initiative of the National Breastfeeding Committee. These guidelines were developed in accordance with the criteria set up by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF), the Association of Scientific Medical Societies in Germany. The recommendations were drawn up by an interdisciplinary group of experts and were based on a systematic search and evaluation of the literature but also took clinical experience into account. Additionally good clinical practice (GCP) in terms of expert opinion was formulated in cases where scientific investigations could not be performed or were not aimed for. This article presents a summary of the recommendations of the S3-guidelines.

Breastfeeding is widely acknowledged to be the best and most complete form of nutrition for healthy infants born at term and is associated with numerous benefits in terms of infants' health, growth, immunity and development. However, breastfeeding problems often result in early weaning. Standardized treatment recommendations for breastfeeding-related diseases are necessary to optimize the care offered to breastfeeding women. Evidence and consensus based guidelines for the treatment of puerperal mastitis, sore nipples, engorgement and blocked ducts were developed on the initiative of the National Breastfeeding Committee. These guidelines were developed in accordance with the criteria set up by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF), the Association of Scientific Medical Societies in Germany. The recommendations were drawn up by an interdisciplinary group of experts and were based on a systematic search and evaluation of the literature but also took clinical experience into account. Additionally good clinical practice (GCP) in terms of expert opinion was formulated in cases where scientific investigations could not be performed or were not aimed for. This article presents a summary of the recommendations of the S3-guidelines.