Moms in New York Need More Breastfeeding Support
New York hospitals provide formula to supplement breastfeeding at a rate that puts them among the highest in the nation. The city's Latch On NYC initiative is an attempt to change that.
With formula supplements ranging so widely in the city, the state had the second highest percentage--33.2 percent--of breastfed infants receiving formula before turning 2 days old in the nation. Only New Jersey had a higher ranking, at 38 percent, according to the CDC's 2011 Breastfeeding Report Card.
But that's changing. While Latch On NYC was underway last year, New York's supplementation rate dropped to 29.7 percent of infants under 2 days old getting formula and New Jersey's rate dropped to 35.5 percent, according to the CDC's 2012 Breastfeeding Report Card. Georgia is now in the No. 2 spot at 34.4 percent.
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