Study: Lack of breastfeeding costs lives, billions of dollars (from CNN Health)

A new study in the journal Pediatrics indicates that breastfeeding for as little as the first 6 months of life could save about 1000 lives and billions of dollars every year. Very interesting. Linky here.

 

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Study urges infants be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life
• U.S. breastfeeding rates fall far below medical recommendations
• Biggest priority should be to improve maternity care practices, study's author says

(from CNN Health)