Breast-Feeding and United States

scientific studies: I've written before about how I simply don't get how we in the United States remain so squeamish about breast-feeding -- and how despite all the research that 'breast is best,' many U.S. hospitals are still not providing women with breast-feeding support, according to CNN. If we know -- based on actual scientific studies -- that breast-feeding can provide health benefits to mother and baby, why aren't we doing everything we possibly can to make it easier and more socially acceptable for women who choose to breast-feed Maybe a new two-part comprehensive report published Thursday in the medical journal The Lancet and billed as the largest and most detailed analysis of the existing research on breast-feeding around the world will help bring about change in the United States and globally. Read her other columns, and follow her reports at CNN Parents and on Twitter. More than 1,300 studies were reviewed, including some commissioned specifically for this report, which focused on the levels, trends and benefits of breast-feeding. Based on new estimates produced for the report, dramatically scaling up breast-feeding to near-universal levels for infants and young children could save 820,000 children lives a year around the world, preventing 13% of all deaths of children under five. "Breast milk acts as a baby first vaccine to help fight disease and illness," said Dr. Think of the health implications alone. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.