Increasing Breastfeeding Duration

2021-10-20T17:14:55-07:00Categories: Infant Mortality, Healthy Beginnings, Reducing Adult Obesity, Reducing First-Birth Cesarian Birth Rate, Decreasing Diabetes Prevalence, Stories, Reducing Childhood Obesity|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

If 90% of US families could comply with current medical guidelines to breastfeed exclusively for 6 months, the US could avoid about $18.5 billion per year in increased health care costs (2014 dollars). 1 The multiple health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for both the infant and mother are well established. Exclusive breastfeeding includes only [...]