The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding ...

Strategies to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases

The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Strategies to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases: The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2013.

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Strategies to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases

The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

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Contents

Using This Guide ............................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 Strategy 1. Maternity care practices ................................................................................................. 5 Strategy 2. Professional education.................................................................................................. 11 Strategy 3. Access to professional support ...................................................................................... 15 Strategy 4. Peer support programs ................................................................................................. 19 Strategy 5. Support for breastfeeding in the workplace .................................................................. 23 Strategy 6. Support for breastfeeding in early care and education................................................... 29 Strategy 7. Access to breastfeeding education and information ...................................................... 33 Strategy 8. Social marketing .......................................................................................................... 37 Strategy 9. Addressing the marketing of infant formula ................................................................. 43 References ..................................................................................................................................... 47

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