Breastfeeding Summit Highlights Ongoing Disparities In Breastfeeding
Despite efforts to reduce disparities in breastfeeding, only 44% of African-American women report that they breastfeed compared with 66 and 68% of Hispanic and white women, respectively. According to UNICEF, there is a 14-fold difference in survival rates in the first 6 months, in developing countries, between children who have been breastfed exclusively and non-breastfed children…
October 22, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 14-fold-difference, been-breastfed, between-children, breastfeed-compared, developing-countries, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, reduce-disparities, survival-rates, the-first, women-report
