NAPNAP Objects to Recent Article on Breastfeeding
A recent Article in the Atlantic, “The Case Against Breastfeeding” is a perfect example of the misinformation mothers often come across when deciding whether or not they want to breastfeed.
Here’s a quote from the article:
Following these media reports, David T. Tayloe, Jr., MD, FAAP, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), submitted a letter to the editor of The Atlantic stating his objections to the article. In his letter, Tayloe says, Rosin “skims the literature” and has omitted many recent statements including the 2005 AAP statement supporting the value of breastfeeding for most infants.” The AAP policy, he writes, “references every statement with scientific evidence from over 200 articles which meet scientific standards for accuracy and rigor.”
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