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[ID] 213 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen Health Care Provider Public Health Worker [Comment] I have long thought that WIC should not provide easy, instant access to infant formula for all who ask. In fact, I suspect in many WIC offices, women don't even have to ask for it, it is handed to them as a matter of course. WIC should provide formula only after the woman has a mandatory consultation with a lactation consultant, pediatrician, or both, to provide education about reasons not to formula feed and help overcome barriers to breastfeeding. Many women are feeding formula because hospitals and WIC portray [Topic] 
Community Support for Breastfeeding in Complementary Programs (e.g., Early Head Start, Home Visitation, Parental Training)
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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