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Mayor Bloomberg's breast-feeding initiative urges hospitals to lock up baby formula
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Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jul 30, 2012 01:34pm |
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Author | Matt Harrigan |
News Date | Monday, July 30, 2012 04:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | As tension increases over his proposal to limit the size of soda, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has a new target: baby formula.
Under the voluntary "Latch On NYC" program, hospitals are encouraging mothers to breast-feed by keeping tabs on baby formula. Starting September 3, the city's Health Department will monitor the number of formula bottles being given out and demand a medical reason for each one, according to the Daily Mail.
Mothers requesting baby formula won't be denied it, but the formula will be kept in secure storerooms like those used to dispense and track medications, the New York Post reports. Staffers will also explain to new mothers why they should feed with breast milk instead of formula. |
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