breast-feed

Failure to breast-feed is estimated to add $2.2 billion a year to national health-care costs, the CDC says.

A New Tactic To Encourage Mothers To Breast-Feed Shirley S. Wang 2011

About seven years ago, I met a woman from Montreal, the sister-in-law of a friend, who was young and healthy and normal in every way, except that she refused to breast-feed her children.

The Case Against Breast-Feeding 2009

The percentage of women who breast-feed is well below public-health goals, according to recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A New Tactic To Encourage Mothers To Breast-Feed Shirley S. Wang 2011

Fewer than half of mothers breast-feed at all during this period, the CDC report says.

A New Tactic To Encourage Mothers To Breast-Feed Shirley S. Wang 2011

There are many reasons why some women say they don't breast-feed, including medical or anatomical issues that preclude them from being able to nurse.

A New Tactic To Encourage Mothers To Breast-Feed Shirley S. Wang 2011

Public-health officials are shifting tactics in an effort to encourage more women to breast-feed their babies—they are pushing hospitals to change their maternity practices.

A New Tactic To Encourage Mothers To Breast-Feed Shirley S. Wang 2011

WIC gives pregnant women and recent moms information about good nutrition, and it has had impressive success encouraging women to breast-feed.

Ken Cook: Out of the Mouths of Babes Ken Cook 2011

Grateful the room was empty, I lifted Kate from the stroller and readied myself to breast-feed her.

Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

WIC gives pregnant women and recent moms information about good nutrition, and it has had impressive success encouraging women to breast-feed.

Ken Cook: Out of the Mouths of Babes Ken Cook 2011

Surveys show that most women intend to breast-feed after birth and about 75% start nursing in the hospital.

A New Tactic To Encourage Mothers To Breast-Feed Shirley S. Wang 2011