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Increased Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates Fall Short of Proposed Healthy People 2010 Goals—Reply
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:323-324.
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We recently reported the efficacy of peer counseling on EBF in a predominantly Latina, low-income community in Hartford, Conn.1 Our study, to our knowledge, the first of its kind in the United States, assessed the efficacy of peer counseling on EBF and showed a significant impact with an effect size similar to or stronger than the one found in other countries.2
Dr Bonuck seems impressed with the findings from our study but unclear with the EBF definition used. As reported in the article,1 we used the strictest definition of EBF (ie, no other food or fluid other than breast milk) as proposed by Labbok and Krasovec.3 While in the hospital and soon before hospital discharge, mothers were directly asked by the interviewer to respond to these questions: (1) How are you feeding your newborn (exclusive breastfeeding; breast and formula feeding; exclusive formula feeding), and (2) Has your newborn . . . [Full Text of this Article] AUTHOR INFORMATION
Alex K. Anderson, PhD, MPH;
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD;
Donna J. Chapman, PhD, RD
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