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False ads, bad advice put China's mothers off breastfeeding

August 20, 2020 11:40 AM

BEIJING (AFP) - Unregulated, aggressive promotion of formula milk, poor medical advice, short maternity leave and workplaces hostile to nursing mothers mean that China has among the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world and is falling well short of its own targets, experts warn.

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