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UNICEF Stresses Need For Higher Breastfeeding Rates In East Asia
UNICEF "has voiced alarm at the decline of breastfeeding across East Asia, stressing the need for mothers to understand its long-term benefits for the survival and development of their children," Bernama reports (5/2). In Thailand, as few as five percent of all mothers breastfeed, about 10 percent of mothers breastfeed in Vietnam, and approximately 28 percent of mothers do so in China, according to the U.N. News Centre. "The low breastfeeding rates across East Asia result from economic developments that enable more women to enter the workforce, as well as 'aggressive' marketing of infant formula in the region, [UNICEF] added in a news release," the news service reports.
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