The US Campaign Against Breastfeeding
Delegates opposed the resolution, demanding that language calling on governments to 'protect, promote and support breastfeeding' be deleted.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 2011 and 2016, only 40% of infants under the age of 6 months were being exclusively breastfed, worldwide
Thanks to growing awareness of the science behind the “breast is best” slogan, breastfeeding rates in the U.S. have risen from a low of 24% in 1971 to 81% in 2016
The global goa…
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