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Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:43 PM
Subject: Negative breastfeeding article-WRITE A LETTER
From National WIC Association mailing:
WASHINGTON, 16 March - The Atlantic Monthly, in its April 2009 issue, has
published a highly problematic article on breastfeeding that could present
NWA with some legislative challenges as it seeks to move its breastfeeding
agenda forward in the midst of WIC and Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
NWA's Breastfeeding Committee, Chaired by Carole Peterson, and the NWA
National Office will draft a response to the article.
Written by Hanna Rosin, the preamble to the article reads: "In certain
overachieving circles, breast-feeding is no longer a choice-it's a
no-exceptions requirement, the ultimate badge of responsible parenting. Yet
the actual health benefits of breast-feeding are surprisingly thin, far
thinner than most popular literature indicates. Is breast-feeding right for
every family? Or is it this generation's vacuum cleaner-an instrument of
misery that mostly just keeps women down?"
Please submit comments on the article to NWA's Nutrition Programs Director
Cecilia Richardson at crichard...@nwica.org
<mailto:crichard...@nwica.org> .
To view the article visit:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200904/case-against-breastfeeding
<https://netmail.nmh.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://paracom.para...>
Vivian Fernbacher
WIC Coordinator
Near North Health Service Corporation
1276 N. Clybourn
Chicago, IL 60610
312.337.1073 x128
vfern...@nmh.org
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