Bartick and her co-author Arnold Reinhold found that most of the excess costs are due to premature deaths . Study urges to be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life . But these rates are far below medical recommendations . Biggest change should be to improve maternity care practices , study 's author says .
Study urges to be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life . But these rates are far below medical recommendations . Biggest change should be to improve maternity care practices , study 's author says .