The Pueblo WIC program
at the Pueblo City-County Health Department is celebrating World Breastfeeding
Week, August 1-7, 2012 by inviting nursing moms to participate in the local "Big Latch On" event.
“This event is to raise
awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding and the need for support locally and
globally,” explained Sonja Lindsay-Crites, breastfeeding peer counselor
coordinator with the Pueblo WIC Program, “Thousands of breastfeeding women and their babies across the world will gather in their own communities to take part in the Big
Latch On, a synchronized breastfeeding event in multiple locations.”
The Pueblo event will take place at 10 a.m. Friday,
Aug. 3, at the Pueblo City-County Health Department,
101 W. 9th Street, third floor conference room.
World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, is celebrated in 120
countries and marks the signing of the WHO/UNICEF document Innocenti
Declaration, which lists the benefits of breastfeeding, plus global and
governmental goals. In 2011, 5,687 women participated in the Global
Big Latch On.
Breastfeeding contributes to the normal growth and
development of babies. Babies who are not breastfed are
at increased risk of infant morbidity and mortality, adult obesity, diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and premenopausal breast cancer and
ovarian cancer (both mom and baby). The World Health Organization recommends
breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months of a baby’s life to optimize
these benefits.
For more information, please contact Sonja Lindsay-Crites
at 557-2005 or on the internet:
Facebook search “Pueblo WIC” and at www.biglatchon.org
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