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New Dietary Guidelines Recommend Feeding Infants Breast Milk For 6 Months

The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers recommend feeding only breast milk for at least six months.
Woman breastfeeds outside the Legislative Assembly in San Jose on August 3, 2016 (Ezequiel Becerra/AFP/Getty Images)

For the first time, new federal guidelines issued this week include recommendations for breastfeeding.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services recommends infants be fed breast milk exclusively for the first six months of life and should continue through at least the first year or

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