Penn experts warn that touting 'naturalness' of breastfeeding could backfire

EurekAlert! - Breastfeeding campaigns that extol breastfeeding as the 'natural' way to feed infants could result in harmful decision-making by some parents on other important health matters, according to experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Writing in a Perspectives column in the April issue of Pediatrics, Medical Ethics and Health Policy researchers at Penn Medicine warn that promoting breastfeeding in this way may indirectly undercut important health practices not viewed as natural.