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Hospital Practices Influence Which Moms Will Breast-Feed

Offers of water, formula supplementation cut likelihood new mothers will achieve goals

HealthDay

By Robert Preidt

“FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) — Hospital practices such as providing formula or water to supplement breast-feeding significantly reduce the number of mothers who breast-feed only, U.S. researchers report.

They analyzed national survey data from 1,573 mothers who gave birth in a hospital [...]

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