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Breastfeeding News |
| 03/07/11 |
Michelle Obama's Support of Breastfeeding is No Slippery Slope to a 'Nanny State' Janet Golden reviews the long history of federal education and support of breastfeeding through government policy. |
| 11/05/2010 |
Coalitions Honors Philly Businesses Penn Nursing shares news of the Building a Breastfeeding-Friendly Philadelphia campaign. |
| 10/05/2010 |
The Business Case for Breastfeeding WHYY's Taunya English interviews a breastfeeding mom and explores what changes workplaces need to make to become breastfeeding-friendly. |
| 10/04/2010 |
Breastfeeding Campaign Targets Workplaces The Tribune covers the efforts to make Philadelphia's workplaces breastfeeding-friendly. |
| 10/01/2010 |
Recognizing Breastfeeding-Friendly Businesses in Philadelphia Lansinoh, sponsor of MCC's 2010 Breastfeeding-Friendly Awards, reviews the highlights from the reception in their ByMomsForMoms blog. |
| 08/26/2009 |
Maternity Closures Impact Breastfeeding Diane Prokop explores factors that influence breastfeeding rates, including the closure of hospitals, the omission of lactation consultants as hospital staff, and the distribution of free formula post-partum. |
| 12/11/2008 |
Mother's Milk MCC's Physician Advocate, Esther K. Chung, calls for more widespread promotion of breastfeeding among physicians. |
| 06/10/2008 |
Breast-feeding business awards The News of Delaware County explains how businesses can support breastfeeding employees and customers. |
| 06/06/2008 |
Happy to breastfeed The Philadelphia Business Journal announces the call for nominations for the Breastfeeding-Friendly Business Awards. |
| 05/30/2008 |
Do You Know a Business That Caters To Nursing Moms? The Swarthmorean calls for nominations of businesses that support breastfeeding employees and customers. |
| 04/09/2008 |
Breastfeeding Help Must Be Made Available Chris Mulford, MCC Breastfeeding Advisory Committee member, calls for breastfeeding promotion as a means of obesity prevention. |
| 10/19/2007 |
Barrier to Breastfeeding Esther Chung responds to Christine Flowers' critique of breastfeeding women in the Philadelphia Daily News. |
| 08/25/2007 |
Normal Activity Esther Chung,
Associate professor of pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College and Physician Advocacy Fellow in partnership with Maternity Care Coalition, highlights the social and environmental benefits of breastfeeding. |
| 08/20/2007 |
Got Mother's Milk? Advocates of breast-feeding try to boost the city's low rate of nursing. The Philadelphia Inquirer's multi-faceted look at women's breastfeeding experiences and challenges. |
| 05/13/2007 |
Allow Breast-feeding Bette Begleiter's letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer supporting Representative Connie Williams legislation permitting women to breastfeed in public. |
| 05/07/2007 |
Supporters of Pa. breast feeding bill to rally at Capitol The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on a planned rally to support a bill to permit women to breastfeed in public. |
