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Higher breastfeeding rates in WIC translate into cost savings from reductions in a variety of maternal and pediatric diseases

by Victor Oliveira, Mark Prell and Xinzhe Cheng
2/14/2019

Bar chart showing health-related cost savings if breastfeeding rates among WIC infants had reached medically recommended levels in 2016

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Higher breastfeeding rates in WIC translate into cost savings from reductions in a variety of maternal and pediatric diseases

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