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[ID] 156 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] From the moment women start shopping at maternity stores, they are offered formula samples. This continues when you get a packet of information from the hospital and/or OB as you choose your care provider and place of delivery. Even in the hospital you are given samples of formula and a diaper bag made by the formula company. Advertising is powerful. Instead of advertising for formula, we must advertise the benefits of breastfeeding, give breastfeeding resources and support local and national breastfeeding organizations (i.e. La Leche League). Other countries require a prescription for someone to buy formula. Perhaps even this extra step would encourage all women to attempt breastfeeding and continue with it. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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