Groups That Support Breast-feeding

There is overwhelming support for breast-feeding. Groups that support, advocate, or promote breast-feeding include:

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

American Dietetic Association (ADA)

American Medical Association (AMA)

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

Healthy People 2010 initiative, sponsored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Surgeon General (David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.)

La Leche League International (the world's foremost) authority and proponent of breastfeeding

National Breast-feeding Policy Conference (presented by the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

UNICEF

World Health Organization (WHO)