Hospital support for breastfeeding : preventing obesity begins in hospitals.
"Childhood obesity is an epidemic. In the US, 1 preschooler in 5 is at least overweight, and half of these are obese. Breastfeeding helps protect against childhood obesity. A baby's risk of becoming an overweight child goes down with each month of breastfeeding. In the US, most babies star...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Atlanta, Georgia] :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
2011.
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| Series: | CDC vital signs.
Title from caption (viewed May 30, 2014) |
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo49454 |
| Summary: | "Childhood obesity is an epidemic. In the US, 1 preschooler in 5 is at least overweight, and half of these are obese. Breastfeeding helps protect against childhood obesity. A baby's risk of becoming an overweight child goes down with each month of breastfeeding. In the US, most babies start breastfeeding, but within the first week, half have already been given formula, and by 9 months, only 31% of babies are breastfeeding at all. Hospitals can either help or hinder mothers and babies as they begin to breastfeed. The Baby- Friendly Hospital Initiative describes Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding that have been shown to increase breastfeeding rates by providing support to mothers. Unfortunately, most US hospitals do not fully support breastfeeding; they should do more to make sure mothers can start and continue breastfeeding." - p. 1 |
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| Item Description: | "National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity." "August 2011." "Publication date: 08/02/2011"--Page 4. "CS225478B"--Page 4. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (4 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |