Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and Turkey. According to the figures available from UNICEF(2) by end of 1994 there were 300 hospitals certified as baby friendly in these countries. The initiative spread to other countries from 1993 onwards, and now it has spread to 171 countries in the world. It has been picking up momentum and during the last five years, each year has b...

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The main objective of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to improve breastfeeding rates in women who are overweight or obese. We will also examine the effectiveness of different types of interventions based on the intervention delivery format (individual or group and face-to-fac...

BACKGROUND Cultural variations exist in the proportion of women who breastfeed. For some cultural groups, migration to a new country is associated with a reduction in the initiation and duration of breastfeeding. This paper describes the initial breastfeeding attitudes and practices of women born in Vietnam, Turkey and Australia who gave birth in Australia. METHODS The study included 300 wome...