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MISSION STATEMENT The New Jersey Breastfeeding Coalition is a collaboration of health professionals and community representatives whose mission is to identify and reduce medical, social and economic barriers to breastfeeding in New Jersey through education and outreach.
Please join the NJ Breastfeeding Coalition to help fulfill our mission.
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Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7, 2012!
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IN THE NEWS: Two Hospitals Become First in NJ to Receive Baby-Friendly Designation
The New Jersey Breastfeeding Coalition warmly congratulates South Jersey Healthcare Elmer Hospital and Capital Health Medical Center Hopewell on their designation as New Jersey’s first two Baby-Friendly hospitals. MORE
Breastfeeding Advocates Denounce Newark Partnership with Nestle To the dismay of state and national breastfeeding advocates, Newark Mayor Cory Booker accepted a $100,000 donation from Nestle Nutrition USA in February to provide anti-obesity education at the city’s 15 Family Success Centers. MORE
Coalition Statement on Time Magazine Cover Photo The New Jersey Breastfeeding Coalition (NJBFC) believes is that breastfeeding beyond infancy into early childhood is biologically normal and is an act of feeding, nurturing and love between a mother and her child. Though not pervasive in the 21st century United States culture, nursing beyond the first year has been a common practice around the world and has been a part of normal mammalian practices for 65 million years. Nursing past infancy is also in accord with the health recommendations of the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Breast milk continues to provide numerous health benefits to young children and continued nursing lowers the risk of many diseases and forms of cancer in the nursing mother. Children who have breastfed beyond infancy form secure bonds of love and trust which serve them positively throughout their lives. The NJBFC is saddened that excessive negative public reaction to this cover photo has led to criticism of committed parents who nurse their children past infancy and practice attachment parenting within a culture that unfortunately fails to support normal biological practices and evidence-based health choices.
Baby-Friendly Hospital Rap Video Released Breastfeeding Coalition of Oregon and Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition collaborated to create a rap music video about evidence-based hospital maternity care practices, with support from the NJ Breastfeeding Coalition. Watch it here. |
