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New York, New Breastfeeding?

July 3, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

Although a few books have gamely tackled the topic, claims that the infant formula industry has actively and deliberately thwarted breastfeeding are often shrugged off as being overblown and, perhaps, paranoid. Programs to increase breastfeeding rates are dismissed as being unnecessary folly. ... (read more)

Breastfeeding Support Needs a Boost

June 21, 2008 by Heidi Green | 1 question or comment

Have you heard the news? For the first time ever, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has collected data about hospital and birth center maternity practices related to breastfeeding. This gives us a benchmark for assessing how such practices change over ... (read more)

Obese Mothers Need Breastfeeding Support

June 2, 2008 by Heidi Green | 1 question or comment

A newly-published study compared breastfeeding practices and perceptions of women who were obese before pregnancy with those who were of normal weight. It also looked at changes in their infants’ weight during the first three months after ... (read more)

Breastfeeding Progress Report

May 15, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

Would you like to hear the good news first? Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1999-2006 indicate that the percentage of infants ever breastfed increased from 60 percent among infants born 1993-1994 to 77 percent ... (read more)

Birds, Bees, and Breastfeeding

November 30, 2007 by Heidi Green | 1 question or comment

Think back to your school days. Did you learn about breastfeeding? I didn’t. I’m not sure how the health teacher managed to talk about breasts without talking about their primary function—perhaps “Breast development is a part of female puberty. End of discussion.”—but she ... (read more)

Report Highlights Breastfeeding Disparities

November 15, 2007 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 14, 2007 A report—A Fair Start for Better Health: California Hospitals Must Close the Gap in Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates—issued by the University of ... (read more)

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

October 19, 2007 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

Despite overall declines in infant mortality, the rate for black infants is more than double that of white infants—13.5 deaths per 1,000 births for blacks compared to 5.7 deaths per 1,000 births for whites. Moreover, black women are twice as likely to give birth ... (read more)

Changes to Healthy People 2010 Breastfeeding Objectives

October 10, 2007 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

News Update By Carol MacGowan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention When the Healthy People 2010 breastfeeding goals were first established in 2000, the only available data source for target setting and monitoring progress was the ... (read more)

Synchronized Breastfeeding Worldwide

August 8, 2007 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

Press Release: Children For Breastfeeding Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Synchronized Breastfeeding Worldwide Kicks Off in 24 Countries Children for Breastfeeding, Philippines in partnership with the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) will lead 24 countries to foster cooperation among nations in establishing another Guinness World ... (read more)

CDC Releases National Immunization Survey Breastfeeding Data

July 31, 2007 by Amy Spangler | 1 question or comment

Each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conduct a National Immunization Survey (NIS) in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and selected geographic areas within the states. Random-digit dialing is used to survey households with ... (read more)

Data Show Decline in Breastfeeding Rates

July 2, 2007 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

According to data from the Mothers Survey, U.S. breastfeeding rates have declined from 2005 to 2006. The Mothers Survey is distributed annually by Ross Products Division of Abbott and is one of two survey tools used to collect U.S. breastfeeding data. The ... (read more)

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