Obesity risk among WIC participants is one of the most serious public health nutrition challenges facing health care providers. Low-income children, who are at greatest risk for obesity, are also the least likely to breastfeed.
In this policy brief on preventing obesity in early childhood, CWA and the UC Davis Human Lactation Center present the need for breastfeeding exclusively the day a child is born to avoid obesity and chronic health problems. We also provide the challenges, facts, and recommendations in this report.