Supermodel Elle Macpherson is calling on Chase Farm Hospital to get behind a campaign to boost support for breastfeeding mothers as part of her work with children's charity UNICEF.
Ms Macpherson, special ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund, has written to ask hospital chiefs in The Ridgeway to introduce a series of measures to earn baby friendly' accreditation.
The mum-of-one writes: "Babies who are breast fed are less likely to suffer a wide range of illnesses, including gastroenteritis in infancy, childhood allergies and heart disease in adulthood."
She said that baby friendly hospitals had reported significant increases in the number of mothers who chose to breast feed.
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