Did you know breastfeeding for A year can reduce obesity by 47% in Latino kids? However, Latina moms are more likely to stop breastfeeding after one month and supplement with formula, thus benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, which can also help intestinal immune-system development, studies show.
That’s why, for Breastfeeding Awareness Month (August), the “Making Awesome Changes” TV series, which partners KSAT-TV and Salud America! to feature people and groups who are pushing for healthy changes, talked with health advocates like Dr. Alice Gong of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio to urge Latina moms to start and continue to breastfeed. “We have gotten away from having aunts and grandmas and sisters that know about breastfeeding, so if you can’t do it, you need to get help,” Gong told KSAT.”
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