Michelle Obama Urged to Speak Out for Breastfeeding
source: http://www.womensenews.org/story/100205/michelle-obama-urged-speak-out-breastfeeding
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Michelle Obama breastfed her daughters Malia and Sasha and public health and maternal health activists are hoping she will explicitly endorse breastfeeding as part of her anti-obesity campaign.
In doing so, activists hope she'll become the national symbol, particularly for African American mothers, for pro-breastfeeding initiatives.
"We have a dynamic role model in the White House, a black woman who gets the idea that she can go to work, be a lawyer and still provide milk for her baby," said Napiera Loveless, co-founder of MamaTotoMatema, a Cincinnati-based organization committed to educating and encouraging leaders and health care professionals to adopt different approaches to promoting breastfeeding in African American families. "She takes away the excuse."
Women's eNews reporter Malena Amusa has more on the need for Michelle Obama's involvement in the breastfeeding movement from our Black Maternal Health Series - http://www.womensenews.org/story/100205/michelle-obama-urged-speak-out-breastfee...
In doing so, activists hope she'll become the national symbol, particularly for African American mothers, for pro-breastfeeding initiatives.
"We have a dynamic role model in the White House, a black woman who gets the idea that she can go to work, be a lawyer and still provide milk for her baby," said Napiera Loveless, co-founder of MamaTotoMatema, a Cincinnati-based organization committed to educating and encouraging leaders and health care professionals to adopt different approaches to promoting breastfeeding in African American families. "She takes away the excuse."
Women's eNews reporter Malena Amusa has more on the need for Michelle Obama's involvement in the breastfeeding movement from our Black Maternal Health Series - http://www.womensenews.org/story/100205/michelle-obama-urged-speak-out-breastfee...
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