Friday, August 9, 2019

Correction! National Breastfeeding Month 2019 - "Support Changes Everything."

News and Notes - DNPAO, CDC

Support Changes Everything:
Working to Promote, Protect, and Support Breastfeeding

August is National Breastfeeding Month. For nearly all infants, breastfeeding is the best first source of infant nutrition. Breastfeeding also provides health benefits to both the baby and the mother. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that babies should be exclusively breastfed for about the first 6 months, with continued breastfeeding through at least the first year of life and longer as desired by the mother and child.
This year’s theme, Support Changes Everything, highlights the many ways that healthcare providers, employers, communities, and organizations can support women who choose to breastfeed. CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity 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 nation’s health.
Support Changes Everything
National Breastfeeding Month focuses on a different breastfeeding topic each week:

  • Week 1: Empowered Parents & Partners
  • Week 2: Investing in our Future
  • Week 3: Workplace & Work life (or school life)
  • Week 4: Black Breastfeeding Week

New Breastfeeding Data from the National Immunization Survey

CDC uses data from the National Immunization Survey (NIS) to measure whether we are meeting the nation’s breastfeeding targets, as outlined in Health People 2020 (HP2020). Results from the NIS are available online.

How to connect and participate:

We encourage you to promote breastfeeding with your various audiences during this month. You can share these social media messages:
  • Help your child get a healthy start in life. Check out this collection of helpful resources focused on maternal, infant, and toddler health. https://bit.ly/327x5zs #NBM19
  • Breastfeeding is a learning process for mom and baby. Know what to expect during the first days and weeks of breastfeeding. https://bit.ly/2xSH28A #NBM19
Follow us on Twitter (@CDCObesity and @CDCMakeHealthEZ), retweet our posts, and use this year’s hashtags in your own social media: #NBM19 and #SupportChangesEverything. 

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For more information about how DNPAO is working to promote, protect and support breastfeeding, please visit:

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