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Breast Feeding
Women need strong support systems to continue breast-feeding
February 16th, 2006
Findings from the pregnancy risk assessment and monitoring system indicate that women need strong support systems to continue breast-feeding. Investigators in the United States report, "We examined breast-feeding behaviors, periods of vulnerability for breast-feeding cessation, reasons for breast-feeding cessation, and the association between predelivery intentions and breast-feeding behaviors." "Using two years (2000 and 2001) of data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System we assessed the percentage of women who began breast-feeding, continued for <1 week, continued for one to four weeks, and continued for >4 weeks and their...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-16)
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