Hi Barb,
I know it's out of the US but I really like the Royal Aust College of GPs
position statement.
http://www.racgp.org.au/policy/positions/breastfeeding.htm
Here's an excerpt
"
Breastfeeding provides infants with optimal nutrition; human milk is
specific for human babies. Research studies have demonstrated that when
infants are not fed on human milk they may be more likely to experience
gastrointestinal[2] and respiratory infections[3], asthma[4], otitis
media[5], urinary tract infections[6], necrotising enterocolitis[7],
insulin-dependent diabetes[8], inflammatory bowel disease[9], lymphoma[10]
and atopy[11]. Continued research is required to determine the full health
benefits of human milk for infants.

Breastfeeding is also beneficial for women's health. Breastfeeding women
have less postpartum bleeding[12], delayed resumption of ovulation[13],
improved bone remineralization postpartum[14] and less ovarian[15] and
premenopausal breast cancer[16].

Breastfeeding may facilitate mother-infant bonding, saves the family money
and protects the environment."

Karleen Gribble

> I am compiling a list of resources for a handout for World Breastfeeding
Week
> and  I would like to include a listing of Health Care Professional
> Organzation position statements on Bfing. I know I saw a list on someone's
> website recently and can't find it now. The National Association of WIC
> directors didn't have theirs at their site that I could find. Does anyone
> know of a site that lists those?
> Does American Public Health Association have a policy statement?
>
> Barb Whitehead, IBCLC
> Eastern NC

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