CBS3 aired a news segment with Lori B. Feldman-Winter, M.D., Division Head of Adolescent Medicine, about breast feeding and the benefits associated with it for both the mother and the infant as opposed to using formula. A study estimates that if 90 percent of women breast fed babies for their first six months more than 900 infant deaths could be prevented and more than $13 billion in health care costs could be saved.
“Long term breast feeding of babies protect against things like sudden infant death syndrome, leukemia, diabetes and obesity,” said Dr. Feldman-Winter. “So there are a lot of benefits that outlast the period of breastfeeding.”
