Manila the cream of the crop in breastfeeding coup

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-05-04T095446Z_01_MAN187871_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-PHILIPPINES-BREASTFEEDING.XML

MANILA (Reuters) - Burps, slurps and thirsty cries echoed around the Philippine capital on Thursday as 3,738 mothers gathered to break the world breastfeeding record.

The large number of tired moms was a coup for organisers, trying to promote breastfeeding in a country where many poor families believe that expensive powdered milk is more nutritious.

Around 16,000 children die every year in the Philippines because their milk formula is mixed with dirty water or the wrong amount of powder, according to the World Health Organisation.

Only 16 percent of Filipino mothers breastfeed their children for the first six months of their lives, local health authorities say.

The previous record for the largest number of women simultaneously breastfeeding was 1,135 in the Californian city of Berkeley in 2002.

(that's the full article, for more details see article below)

Manila mothers set world record for simultaneous breastfeeding: organizers

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/oddities/story.html?id=e08cac0c-ed86-4bac-9bf8-7e45d7821ace&k=62653

Canadian Press
Published: Thursday, May 04, 2006 

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Nearly 4,000 mothers in the Philippine capital reportedly set a new world record on Thursday for the largest number of women simultaneously breastfeeding their babies in the same place, organizers said. 
Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, whose city is one of the event's organizers, said 3,738 mothers simultaneously breastfed their babies for at least one minute, breaking the Guinness World Record. The result will be submitted to Guinness for evaluation. 

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Janice Reynolds

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