- Feature #1 - CDC Vital Signs
- Feature #2 - Report Card
- Feature #3 - Breastfeeding Interventions
CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) is committed to increasing breastfeeding rates throughout the United States and to promoting and supporting optimal breastfeeding practices toward the ultimate goal of improving the public's health.
Featured Items
2012 CDC Breastfeeding Report Card
State-by-state data to help health professionals, employers, business owners, community advocates and family members work together to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.
2011 Surgeon General's Call to Action
The Surgeon General seeks to make it possible for every mother who wishes to breastfeed to be able to do so by shifting how we as a nation think and talk about breastfeeding.
Action Guides for health care settings.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration, by State
National estimates indicate substantial racial/ethnic differences in breastfeeding.
The CDC Guide To Breastfeeding Interventions
Information for state and local community members to choose the breastfeeding intervention strategy that best meets their needs.
Resources for Improving Maternity Care Practices
For Mothers
- Need help breastfeeding? U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) website has information on finding breastfeeding support. La Leche League also has a help line and lots of other information.
- Why breastfeed? Read more about the benefits of human milk and breastfeeding by visiting The DHHS Office on Women's Health Benefits of Breastfeeding page.
- When should you not breastfeed? Rarely will any disease or condition outweigh the benefits of breastfeeding! Find out more on our diseases and conditions page.
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