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524. How Important Is Breastfeeding, Really?

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The Importance of Breastfeeding in Children's Health

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Emla Fitzsimons gave birth on a Saturday afternoon and stayed in the hospital until Monday morning. She noticed that there was less breastfeeding support for women who had given birth over the weekend. This experience stuck with her, so she wrote a paper looking at how this impact goes on to affect breastfeeding. The goal is to establish the causal impact of breastfeeding on children's outcomes.

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