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Hospitals Play a Role in Only One-Third of Women Meeting Breastfeeding Goals,...
Currently, the recommendation regarding breastfeeding includes nursing exclusively for the first six months of life and continuing until twelve months while introducing solids. These recommendations...
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Breastfeeding in First Hour Could Save Lives of 830,000 Newborns Each Year,...
Malnutrition is thought to account for approximately 2 million child deaths each year; approximately one-third of all child deaths worldwide. Save the Children, a non-profit organization that is...
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Study: Mother’s Personality Influences Decision to Breastfeed
Experts have long acknowledged that breastfeeding has many benefits for both mother and baby, and many efforts and initiatives have taken place to increase the rate of breastfeeding mothers. Everything...
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Study Shows Some Fathers Feel Inadequate When Mothers Breastfeed
While many fathers know that their support is important for successful breastfeeding, some of them feel as if it makes them feel inadequate, so much so that many of them feel like breastfeeding is...
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Study: Early Breastfeeding Struggles, Lack of Support may Explain Why Some...
With all its benefits, it’s not hard to see why the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding until six months of age, and continued nursing until two years of age once solids...
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Moms in The UK Being Offered Shopping Vouchers if They Breastfeed Their Babies
We’ve seen a lot of incentives to encourage breastfeeding rates, but this is the first one I’ve seen that included a shopping voucher. Yes, you read that right; women are being offered a total of £200...
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