A new report by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) calls for an evidence-based national strategy to increase breastfeeding rates in the United States. The report aligns with the September 9 recommendations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Make America Healthy Again Commission, which identified a need to increase U.S. breastfeeding rates as one of 120 initiatives the government should pursue to reduce childhood chronic diseases.
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