Children Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“When women exclusively breastfed after birth they were less likely to die.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“A Chicago study of 20,000 infants, all from poor families, all under the supervision of local welfare clinics, revealed that at nine months of…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Even in the USA, where artificial feeding is assumed to be safe, it has been calculated that 720 babies between the age of one…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“When researchers looked at all the possible means of preventing infant and young child death they found that improving breastfeeding practices could prevent more…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In any emergency, breastfeeding can and must continue. It saves the lives of infants and young children, and of their mothers through reducing the…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Most mothers intended to breastfeed, but the spreading message to restrict feeding made problems more likely.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.

— Hanna Rosin

“Women have the right to choose how they use their bodies and they cannot (and should not) be forced to breastfeed, but that does…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Artificial feeding is risky. This basic fact upsets people who feel insulted if they or their mothers did not breastfeed but most women do…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“It is now known that even in a rich country, a millionaire’s baby who is artificially fed is less healthy than the exclusively breastfed…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“What if, rather than asking women to bear the burden of responsibility for our nation’s health and intelligence, governments invested money in research for…

— Suzanne Barston

“More than a third of deaths in children under five happen during the first month of life (about four million babies). Breastfeeding within the…

— Gabrielle Palmer