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Only 13.7% ($5.6 million out of $40.4 million artificial milks (Brown, Bair, & Meier, 2003).
available) of federal research funds from recent cost analyzes demonstrate that if 90%
1994 to 1996 were awarded to projects having of U.S. families with children were success- B
an impact on the Healthy People 2000 goals ful at exclusively breastfeeding for 6 months,
for increasing the incidence and duration of the cost saving would be $13 billion per year
breastfeeding. In contrast, 27 projects (7.5% or (Bartick & reinhold, 2010).
$4.1 million) involved the use of human milk
composition and technologies to improve Suzanne Hetzel Campbell