PIERRE - This week has been proclaimed World Breast-feeding Week in South Dakota by Gov. Mike Rounds to recognize its importance as a health issue.
The theme this year is "Breast-feeding and Family Foods: Loving and Healthy."
Participants in the observance are members of the South Dakota Breast-feeding Coalition, which includes the Department of Health, SDSU Cooperative Extension Service, the Indian Tribal Organization WIC (Women, Infants and Children) programs, Northern Plains Healthy Start, Early Head Start, La Leche League, Sioux Valley Hospital, Avera McKennan Hospital, Rapid City Regional Hospital, SDSU College of Nursing, USD School of Medicine, Sacred Heart Medical Clinic, Avera St. Luke's, independent lactation consultants and practicing physicians.
"The Department of Health encourages moms to exclusively breast-feed for at least sixth months and to continue to breast-feed after foods are introduced to improve infant and family health in South Dakota," said Kim Beck, County Community Health Nurse, in a release.
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