USDA Promotes Breastfeeding

WASHINGTON (CN) – The Food and Nutrition Service has incorporated several changes from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act into the regulations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.      The new provisions address: certification periods for children participating in the program; increased emphasis on breastfeeding promotion and support; compiling and publishing data for partially and fully breastfed infants; sharing nutrition education materials with institutions participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; and infant formula (and other foods) rebate management.     Click the document icon for this regulation and others.