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Wolf, Jacqueline H.,

Low Breastfeeding Rates and Public Health in the United States. Jacqueline H. Wolf. - American Journal of Public Health, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 101, Health, 1522-323X; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Low Breastfeeding Rates and Public Health in the United States, Dec. 2003; pp. 2000-2010.

"In the early 20th century, as part of the national campaign to lower infant mortality, public health officials around the country hung posters in urban neighborhoods urging mothers to breastfeed or to avoid feeding their babies the spoiled, adulterated cows' milk that pervaded US cities." (AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH) This article discusses the changing attitudes about breastfeeding from the late 19th century to the present.

1522-323X;


Advertising--Public service
Advertising campaigns
Breast feeding
Infants--Health and hygiene
Infants--Nutrition
Women--Attitudes
Women--Health and hygiene

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