Additional Resources from New Jersey WIC
The New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) encourages all women to exclusively breastfeed unless there is a medical reason for the woman or baby not to breastfeed. WIC provides breastfeeding services and support for income eligible women who are pregnant and post-partum.
Did You Know?
- Exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of being overweight as a child, decreases the number of infections in infants and protects children against obesity and other chronic diseases?
- In addition to benefits for the infant, there are health benefits for the nursing mother including returning to a healthy weight and bonding with her baby?
- Hospitals play a crucial role in helping mothers breastfeed exclusively and for a longer duration?
- Mothers who deliver babies in hospitals that make breastfeeding-friendly changes in their policies, practices and overall physical structure of their maternity wards tend to breastfeed their children for longer than mothers who deliver in other facilities?
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