The $13 billion in estimated losses due to the low breast-feeding rate includes an economists' calculation partly based on lost potential lifetime wages - $10.56 million per death.
*snort*
Also, I love how everybody and their dog ignores the AAP when it comes to television watching but they're always quoted in breastfeeding articles.
Heh, yes! And--okay, this might be grasping because I'm not American and don't feel like googling, but I'm willing to bet that they've got a stance on immunisation that at least a third of LJ doesn't care about.
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alacrity_danger
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bloodpara
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kittyface
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si_anenome
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missingkeys
*snort*
Also, I love how everybody and their dog ignores the AAP when it comes to television watching but they're always quoted in breastfeeding articles.
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pee_truck
Good point.
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missingkeys
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