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

摘要

Breastfeeding is internationally recognized as the optimal mode of feeding for nearly all healthy infants. In response to this and to help support breastfeeding mothers in the United States, in 2011, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, released The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. This "call to action" put forth a series of steps that health care providers/professionals, communities, and employers might consider implementing to provide support to mothers wanting to breastfeed. Subsequent to this publication, the CDC released Strategies to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases: The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies. This publication provides detailed information on and examples of various interventions and programs that address many of the steps put forth in the Surgeon General's call to action. In addition, it was written to help the nation meet several of the breastfeeding-related objectives presented in Healthy People 2020.