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The Economic Benefits Of Breastfeeding: A Review And Analysis

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A minimum of $3.6 billion would be saved if breastfeeding were increased from current levels (64 percent in-hospital, 29 percent at 6 months) to those recommended by the U.S. Surgeon General (75 and 50 percent). This figure is likely an underestimation of the total savings because it represents cost savings from the treatment of only three childhood illnesses: otitis media, gastroenteritis, and necrotizing enterocolitis. This report reviews breastfeeding trends and previous studies that assessed the economic benefits of breastfeeding.

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  • Weimer, Jon P., 2001. "The Economic Benefits Of Breastfeeding: A Review And Analysis," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 33813, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersfa:33813
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.33813
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    1. Weimer, Jon P., 1999. "Breastfeeding: Health and Economic Issues," Food Review/ National Food Review, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 22(2), May.
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    1. Oliveira, Victor, 2007. "Informing Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy: 10 Years of Research at ERS," Miscellaneous Publications 262274, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Atsbeha, Daniel Muluwork & Nayga, Rodolfo M. & Rickertsen, Kyrre, 2015. "Can prolonged breastfeeding duration impair child growth? Evidence from rural Ethiopia," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 46-53.
    3. Payton, Colleen & Romney, Martha & Olson, Beth H. & Abatemarco, Diane J. & LaNoue, Marianna & Leader, Amy E., 2019. "Evaluation of workplace lactation support among employers in two Pennsylvania cities," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 62(5), pages 579-587.
    4. Aoife Brick & Anne Nolan, 2014. "Maternal Country of Birth Differences in Breastfeeding at Hospital Discharge in Ireland," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 45(4), pages 455-484.
    5. Marian E. Davidove & Joseph W. Dorsey, 2019. "Breastfeeding: A Cornerstone of Healthy Sustainable Diets," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(18), pages 1-6, September.
    6. Oliveira, Victor & Frazao, Elizabeth, 2009. "The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2009 Edition," Economic Research Report 55839, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    7. Anastasia Tzelali & Stamatios Petousis & Chrysoula Margioula-Siarkou & Panagiotis Christidis & Apostolos Athanasiadis & George Mavromatidis, 2018. "Prenatal Care Program: an Important Intervention that Needs to be Evaluated," Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 4(2), pages 32-33, April.
    8. Weimer, Jon P., 2001. "The Economic Benefits of Breastfeeding," Food Review/ National Food Review, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 24(2), pages 1-4.

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