RICHMOND: WIC program tries to persuade mothers not to rely on formula
The Richmond office of the Women Infants and Children program on Thursday hosted mothers who have latched on to the benefits of breast milk in a celebration of World Breast-feeding Week.
"What we're trying to do is encourage women to breast-feed exclusively and not resort to formula," said Nancy Hill, breast-feeding coordinator for Contra Costa's WIC program. "More than that, we're trying to show that more moms are breast-feeding. We're trying to convert mothers from formula to breast-feeding because breast milk is so much healthier."
Hill said studies conclude that babies exclusively fed formula become sick more often and later can have more trouble in school and a tendency to be overweight.
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