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What statistics indicate that mothers should favor breastfeeding over using infant formula?
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Too many to list: the benefits to both mom and baby are too numerous to list in less than 400 characters. Check out this link for more info: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/breastfeeding/conditioninfo/Pages/benefits.aspx
Answered 2/4/2017
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