The cream of the crop in breastfeeding coup
It is surprising to know that only 16 percent of Filipino mothers breastfeed their children for the first six months of their lives.
Though many children die every year in the country because their milk formula is mixed with dirty water or the wrong amount of powder, they believe that powdered milk is more nutritious. So, this campaign is very good for the education for mothers in the country. Congratulations.
However, I do not want to watch the noisy event on the spot…
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MANILA (Reuters) - Burps, slurps and thirsty cries echoed around the Philippine capital Thursday as 3,738 mothers gathered to break the world breastfeeding record.
The large number of tired moms was a coup for organizers, trying to promote breastfeeding in a country where many poor families believe that expensive powdered milk is more nutritious.
Around 16,000 children die every year in the Philippines because their milk formula is mixed with dirty water or the wrong amount of powder, according to the World Health Organization.
Only 16 percent of Filipino mothers breastfeed their children for the first six months of their lives, local health authorities say.
The previous record for the largest number of women simultaneously breastfeeding was 1,135 in the Californian city of Berkeley in 2002.
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