Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Breast's best in the city (Australia)

INNER city babies are up to three times more likely to be breastfed than their outer suburban counterparts.

The disparities in the way Melbourne's newborns were being fed is revealed in an analysis of annual Maternal and Child Health Services figures.
It shows that by six months, only one quarter of babies in outer suburban Whittlesea and Greater Dandenong were fully breastfed.

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