ng needed to be studied. A Task Force on the Promotion of Breast Feeding was formed by the Academy in 1981. Mothers' choices regarding breast-feeding and how they are influenced by physicians, hospitals, workplace environments, and formula manufacturers and their marketing practices, were investigated. A composite profile of the American woman of the 1970s who was likely to breast-feed included one who was breast-fed as an infant, has been successful at previous breast-feeding, has friends who breast-feed, receives support from the husband, is educated beyond high school, is not employed out of the home, lives in a supportive cultural environment, is socioeconomically advantaged, and is not a racial minority. The mother most likely to bottle feed belongs to a lower socioeconomic group with a lower educational level, is more likely to be receiving governmental support, is younger, single, and a smoker, is more likely to be employed outside the home, have physical or emotional prenatal
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