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What is happening to breast feeding rates?
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they are increasing
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What does the AAP and ADA recommend for breast feeding?
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at least 12 months
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What did the US dept. of health and human services find about breastfeeding and women?
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mothers were angry, breastfeeding and formula is not equal
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How much does infant formula cost?
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300 a month
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What do infants that are breastfead have less of?
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ear infectsions and diarrhea and respiratory illnesses
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How much could breastfeeding save in health care costs for ear infections?
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600 million
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How much more are artificially fed infants prone to sids?
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3 to 5 times more
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Allergies and breastfeeding?
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non breast fed babies have more allergies
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Diabetes and breast feeding?
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formula fed infants are more likely to get type 1 diabetes
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Obesity
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Forumale fed are fatter
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Breastfeeding and long term health?
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breastfeeding has effect on long term cardiovascular health
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Breastfeeding benefits to mother?
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reduces risk of cancer
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How much more likely were women who didn’t breast feed to develop osteoporosis?
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4 times
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What is the breastfeeding initiative?
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mother to moher peer counseling program, serving low income motehrs
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What is infant formula made of?
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cows milk, lower in iron and vit c
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What are some infant forumual choices?
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iron fortified, hypoallergenic, soy-based
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when can an infant have cows milk?
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not till 1 year of age
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When can oyu start to feed an infant something other than breastmilk?
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6 months start with ceral, other foods, watch for allergies
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What can you do at 8-10 months?
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begin yogurt, slowly introduce other foods like meat, cheese, eggs
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What can you do at 10-12 months?
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the diet can be more like a childs but still with tit milk
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What do you want to avoid until 9 to 12 months?
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What should you do when introducing new foods?
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3 rejections, Don’t coerce to eat the food, try for 10 days,
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