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Top 5 State Breastfeeding Rates in the USA and the 5 Lowest?
Where is breastfeeing most popular?
While almost everyone has heard the news that “breast in best” not everyone in the United States of America is embracing the practice of breastfeeding. While I live in San Francisco, where breastfeeding seems to be the norm, other places in the county aren’t like us (in many many ways).
CBS News pulled information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which has been tracking how much breastfeeding is going on at the age of 12 months. While 6 months seems to be a bench mark for the length of time a mother should nurse, at least 12 months seems to be the accepted best case scenario.
So what states are doing most of the breastfeeding and who is doing the least?
Check out the winners and losers of our nursing nation right here.
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3 Comments
Linda t.o.o. commented on Jul 04 11 at 4:19 pmGee, what a shock. :/
mamabear commented on Jul 05 11 at 12:57 pmPlease stop the slideshows.. Just give me a list. I know you want to get the “page views” by forcing your readers to click through these things but they are so annoying.
AngelaM commented on Jul 07 11 at 9:45 pmI am so sick of the pressure to breastfeed. Where are the articles that are non-biased or pro-alternative feeding (ie: Milk-banks, co-nursing, formula, animal colostrum etc..) All this “bashing” just makes women feel bad when they choose an alternative way of feeding. Please keep an open mind when you write articles.
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