LIBRARY GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS DEPT Human milk is the ideal food for most
infants. Breastfeeding benefits infants and their mothers (1). Breastfed infants receive …

Human milk is universally recognized as the preferred nutrition for infants. Exclusive
breastfeeding is ideal for approximately 6 months of life, and continued breastfeeding …

Health care expenditures have increased dramatically from 5% to 13.5% of the Gross
Domestic Product of the United States since 1960.16 As a result, more attention has focused …

Objective. To update reported rates of breastfeeding through 1995 and to compare rates in
1995 with those from 1989. Methods. The Ross Laboratories Mothers' Survey, first …

This medical position article by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology,
Hepatology, and Nutrition summarises the current status of breast-feeding practice, the …

Unique immunological factors in breast milk are responsible for the protection it affords
infants against pathogenic agents. This protection is particularly effective against the …

OBJECTIVE. Patterns of breastfeeding vary considerably across different racial/ethnic
groups; however, little is known about factors that might explain differences across and …

Objectives. To estimate the effects of maternal and birth characteristics on the decision to
breastfeed and to relate breastfeeding practices to racial differences in infant mortality …

This article's aim is to review the literature on racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding
rates and practices, address barriers to breastfeeding among minority women, conduct a …

OBJECTIVES: Breastfeeding rates differ among racial/ethnic groups in the United States.
Our aim was to test whether racial/ethnic disparities in demographic characteristics, hospital …