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USDA Proclaims National WIC Breastfeeding Week and Launches New Campaign

1 Aug 2018

(WASHINGTON, August 1, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today proclaimed Aug. 1-7 as National WIC Breastfeeding Week. Each year, National WIC Breastfeeding Week is held in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week during the first week of August to promote and support breastfeeding as the best source of nutrition for a baby’s first year of life.



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