Monday, August 01, 2005

Health Department celebrates World Breastfeeding Week : Women, Infants and Children program raises awareness about benefits this week

The benefits of breastfeeding will be highlighted this week, Aug. 1 to 7, during World Breastfeeding Week. The Women, Infants and Children program and the DeSoto County Health Department will be helping new mothers learn some of the advantages of breastfeeding.

The focus of this year's theme is to raise awareness of the risks and costs of introducing other foods and drinks to breastfed babies before six months and to draw attention to the value of continuing to breastfeed as nutritious foods are introduced after this time.



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