Filipinas breast-feed 'to a record'

MANILA: So what's better for a baby, mother's milk or artificial food sold in the market? Ask the thousands of Philippine mothers who breast-fed simultaneously in day-care centers and hospitals yesterday, and you'll be left in no doubt.

Breast-feeding advocates, social welfare officials and UNICEF spearheaded a campaign to counter advertising claims that artificial baby foods are better than mother's milk, and hope to set the first Guinness record for most women breast-feeding simultaneously at multiple sites.

Babies not being breast-fed is a problem not only in the Philippines but across the world. Women everywhere are misled by advertisements and tend not to breast-feed their babies. The advantages of mother's milk are too wide with no drawbacks at all, but ignorance and modern lifestyle stop women from breast-feeding.