Dr. Cecília Tomori

Thanks for sharing!

Thread!!!

To Improve Breastfeeding Rates in U.S., Report Recommends Creating National Strategy, Enacting Paid Federal Family and Medical Leave

Paid leave was at the top of our list in our report! www.nationalacademies.org/news/to-impr...

To Improve Breastfeeding Rates in U.S., Report Recommends Creating National Strategy, Enacting Paid Federal Family and Medical Leave

Totally hear you. We could do so much better! We have an evidence-based roadmap - need governmental investment to make it happen. www.nationalacademies.org/news/to-impr...

Thanks for sharing! Appreciate the support.

Very helpful thread with good links. Hard agree: we need policies that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so (and the overwhelming majority DO).

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This is SO important.

Contrary to popular belief, just because breastfeeding is “natural” doesn’t mean it comes naturally to all babies or all parents. Available lactation consultants, spaces to breastfeed or pump, and paid parental leave are clearly needed.

💯 that comparative perspective is so helpful - it shows that what the US takes for granted is not the only way!

Amazingly we’ve come a long way from just a few decades ago when breastfeeding was nearly eliminated (mid- twentieth cent) but structural and cultural support has a LONG way to go. We know how to make it better - need gov’t investment to do it.

Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B

Hospitals and health departments across the country say they're not planning to change their vaccination policy.

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Addressing Inequities in Postpartum Readmissions About 1% to 2% of birthing people experience a postpartum hospital readmission in the US.1 In some situations, postpartum readmissions may not be entirely preventable, such as when patients experience...

New editorial out at JAMA Network Open:

Richmond, Planey, & Kong (2025) Addressing Inequities in Postpartum Readmissions jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing!

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You both already know how I feel - Shame and guilt have no place in public health or health equity work. We could do so much better! And we have the roadmap to do it. If people in government actually listened.

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Thanks!

This whole thread is excellent and worth reading!

The woman who is smiling beatifically in the background while RFK Jr and Sean Duffy advance this extraordinarily anti-woman agenda is none other than Isabelle Brown, an influencer who can also be seen in this screen capture (from her own TikTok account) enjoying a, in her words, "hilarious meme."

To Improve Breastfeeding Rates in U.S., Report Recommends Creating National Strategy, Enacting Paid Federal Family and Medical Leave

US breastfeeding rates at 6 months are 55.8% (exclusive bf is lower) but absolutely, your point is well-taken and exactly my argument. Policies are what make breastfeeding outcomes better. Paid leave is at the top of our list in the NASEM report! www.nationalacademies.org/news/to-impr...

Should have posted the shorter version. bsky.app/profile/drto...

Yep. Actual breastfeeding/infant nutrition person here. bsky.app/profile/drto...

Longer thread here. bsky.app/profile/drto...

1. All babies need safe, secure nutrition.
2. It's up to governments (not individual women) to invest in policies that make it possible for people to meet their breastfeeding goals.
3. All families deserve transparent, evidence-based information about nutrition -- instead of stigmatizing rhetoric.

Yep, no policies that enable breastfeeding but, ironically, lots of policies that are actually very cozy with the formula industry. bsky.app/profile/drto...

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