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The positive relationship between breastfeeding and improved infant health has been reiterated by both the Centers for Disease Control, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization. This has encouraged some hospitals to adopt the 'Baby Friendly USA' designation, which marks them as institutions which emphasize a number of initiatives which encourage breastfeeding for all mothers. As of August, 2011, more than 100 maternity centers in the U.S.A. (out of a total of 3000) have met the qualifications to be declared 'Baby Friendly' (Rochman, 2011). Citing the study published in Pediatric, Rochman (2011) asserts that this growing trend towards reducing the power of formula manufacturers to influence parental behavior has many positive implications for parents and their new babies. This includes the possibility of lower obesity rates in American children and an improved bond between mother and newborn. Rochman's article illustrates that breastfeeding...

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This has long-term implications for the nutritional health of both infants and mothers, given that parents often look at hospitals as symbols of knowledgeable authority; if hospitals support formula over breastfeeding, than parents are less likely to try and breastfeed their newborns. Conversely, if hospitals support breastfeeding by allowing infants to 'room in' with their mothers and by providing lactation consultants, then more mothers will be able to successfully breastfeed their children, leading to healthier newborns with a positive nutritional future ahead of them.

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Rochman, B. (2011, Sept. 26). Fewer hospitals hand out free formula to new moms. Time Magazine. Retrieved from http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/26/are-mothers-being-manipulated-fewer-hospitals-hand-out-formula-freebies-to-new-moms/


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