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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : All of this is part of a "baby friendly" rationale that is intended to increase the numbers of women in the UK who exclusively breastfeed up to six months and the length of time they continue to do it to supplement solid food (two years is recommended by Unicef and the World Health Organization) and sidelines maternal mental health in the process.
43% : Combi-feeding is barely mentioned, treated not as a method that can empower parents and, as in my case, actually help them breastfeed longer, but as a gateway drug that will spiral into formula addiction (Braithwaite tells me she was disturbed by how many women referred to formula as "poison" in their survey responses).

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