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Why did the US try to block a UN resolution encouraging breastfeeding?

Science has proven that breastmilk is far better for human health than infant formula. Nevertheless, the US tried to stop a WHO resolution which aimed to limit the marketing of infant formula in developing countries.

A woman in a coffee shop

Reactions after US tries to weaken UN breastfeeding measure: Breastfeeding is already ‘pretty damned hard’

Health
Kangaroo Care Ethiopia

With ‘kangaroo care,’ parents can save their premature babies, just by holding them

Health

Critic doesn’t object to Time breast feeding cover, but rather to words that accompany it

Global Politics

Oxytocin could play role in parenting behavior

Environment

TIME’s Controversial Cover

Everyone is talking about this week’s Time magazine, the cover of which features a young mom breastfeeding her son. Only her son isn’t a baby — he’s much, much older. Mary Elizabeth Williams has weighed in at Salon.com where she is a staff writer. She is also author of “Gimme Shelter: My Three Years Searching […]

Update on the Breastfeeding Dilemma

Steve Curwood talks with reporter Andrea DeLeon about changes that have occured since reporting this story with research findings, policy, in her life and response she received on the piece.

The World

Breastfeeding Baby: A Modern Dilemma

Nature’s most perfect food, breast milk, helps growing infants develop resilient immune systems. But along with the welcome antibodies are the persistent toxins she may have ingested in her lifetime which are stored in mother’s fatty tissue and are also passed on to baby. As mother of a newborn, reporter Andrea DeLeon grappled with the […]

The World

Breastfeeding Baby: A Modern Dilemma

Nature’s most perfect food, breast milk, helps growing infants develop resilient immune systems. But along with the welcome antibodies are the persistent toxins she may have ingested in her lifetime which are stored in mother’s fatty tissue and are also passed on to baby. As the mother of a newborn, reporter Andrea DeLeon recently grappled […]

The World

Mothers’ Milk: A Modern Dilemma

Fatty-tissue-loving pollutants make their way to infants through mothers’ milk. Be wary of your diet, but don’t turn to formula.