La Leche League International is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed. If you visit only one breastfeeding site, make this the one!

Did you know that 1.5 million infants die every year from diseases related to artificial feeding? That in countries where widespread poverty exists, infants fed with artificial baby milks, or supplemented with artificial feeding, face four to sixteen fold increased risk of dying from diarrhoeal disease compared to exclusively breastfed infants? Infant Feeding Action Coalition (INFACT) Canada, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, works to promote optimal infant and maternal health through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding.

Thoughts on Breastfeeding by Katherine Dettwyler, Ph.D. Katherine Dettwyler is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition at Texas A&M University and the author of of many articles on infant and child feeding. This collection of articles includes Breastfeeding and Fertility, The Natural Age of Weaning, Breastfeeding and Cancer, and Sleeping Through the Night. Don't miss this page!