Effective breastfeeding support is a fundamental component of providing family-centered
care. For many years, the American Academy of Family Physicians and other leading health …

Breastfeeding is the evolved human infant feeding norm, practiced historically and across
cultures. Over the past 200 years, breastfeeding practices have eroded, reaching a nadir in …

Abstract The 1984 Surgeon General's Workshop on Breastfeeding delineated six priority
areas for action to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. In this article, we examine …

All of us who are supporters of breastfeeding wear multiple hats, be it as clinicians,
researchers, educators, public health policy advocates, or role models, and thus I feel free to …

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, commonly
known as WIC, is the nation's premier preventive public health nutrition program. The WIC …

Breastfeeding has multiple health and social benefits and is regarded by most experts,
including the American Academy of Pediatrics, as the optimal feeding practice for newborns …

Family physicians can have an important role in promoting breastfeeding, and are well
positioned to provide support in the context of family-centered care. The position paper from …

Given that breastfeeding is important to the health of infants and their mothers, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) goal is to ensure that new mothers understand …

Everyone agrees that breastfeeding is best. The benefits are countless, and more and more
mothers are trying to nurse their babies. We are told that breastfeeding is an inherent skill …

Congratulations to the Section on Breastfeeding of the American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) on the release of the policy statement ''Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk.''1 …