Debate
Got milk? Not in public!
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Correspondence: Jacqueline H Wolf wolfj1@ohio.edu
Department of Social Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
International Breastfeeding Journal 2008, 3:11 doi:10.1186/1746-4358-3-11
Published: 4 August 2008Abstract
The American focus on the sexual purpose of breasts, rather than the physiological function of breasts, has serious public health consequences. Discomfort with breastfeeding in public lowers breastfeeding rates, which in turn negatively affects women's and children's short- and long-term health.