We continually discuss the "abnormal" breastfeeding cultures prevalent in
the US and in Europe, and how to encourage breastfeeding in our society so
that it can become the norm again.

But I never run across any reference to cultures in which breastfeeding is
still the norm.  Are there any left?  Where are they?  Are they so isolated
that the ABM companies can't get to them?  Or is breastfeeding (especially
longterm) so much part of the fiber of their culture that it has been
affected very little by the availability and advertising of infant formula?

It would be heartening to know that somewhere in the world, the natural
feeding and nurturing of infants and young children is still the norm.

"Inquiring minds want to know..."

Margaret K.K. Radcliffe               [log in to unmask]
Dept. of Mining & Minerals Engr.
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA