Hospitals provide formula sample packs while medical organisations encourage breastfeeding
Friday, September 5, 2008 - 10:56
in Health & Medicine
A majority of U.S. hospitals on the East coast distribute formula sample packs to new mothers, contrary to recommendations from most major medical organisations concerned about the potential for distributing these packs to reduce breastfeeding rates, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine...
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