Breast is best, but not in my back-yard

Amy Brown1

  • 1Department of Public Health and Policy Studies, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.

Breastfeeding may be the biological norm, but in Western culture it is not the social norm. Although intention to breastfeed is high, new mothers emerge into a formula-feeding culture where formula milk appears as the solution to the public harassment, negative attitudes, and lack of support that breastfeeding women face.