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Breastfeeding Gets A Boost From Philadelphia Hospitals

Dr. Dan Guilfoil, director of labor and delivery at Hahnemann, says the hospital has taken a number of steps to encourage breastfeeding, including a ban on goodie bags from formula companies. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dr. Dan Guilfoil, director of labor and delivery at Hahnemann, says the hospital has taken a number of steps to encourage breastfeeding, including a ban on goodie bags from formula companies. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

All of Philadelphia’s major birthing hospitals have now stopped giving out discharge bags filled with formula to new moms. The city joins about a quarter of hospitals nationwide in going “bag free” as part of a broader push to encourage breastfeeding.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Elana Gordon at WHYY’s “The Pulse” reports.

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