Pitch Letter

Dear Ms. Caroline Dohack,

I am sending you this message to suggest a story that is near and dear to my heart, and is something that I believe people in Columbia, as well as the world, should know about.

A new study has surfaced that discusses the health and financial benefits of breastfeeding. It condemns women who don't breastfeed, because currently, 74 percent of American women breast feed, and if that number increases to 90 percent, 900 infant lives and several billion dollars a year would be saved. According to the article I have included below, breast feeding could help decrease the risk of diabetes, asthma, obesity, SUdden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), respiratory infections, and other such diseases.

Even though this warning is out in this study, there are still 5-7 percent of American women who are physically unable to breastfeed. I work with leading pediatrician Alan Greene, an expert in newborn health and wellness and author of the book, Feeding Baby Green. Dr. Greene, a father of four, has devoted his time to freely giving real answers to parents' real questions. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of California at San Francisco. He entered primary care pediatrics in January of 1993, and is now a clinical professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, and attending pediatrician at Packard Children's Hospital, and a senior fellow at the University of California at San Francisco Center for the Health Professions.

Dr. Greene is available to discuss feeding options for moms who can't breastfeed. He has knowledge from what plastics women should avoid, and the leadign cause for infant death and top child health concerns in the U.S. His website is www.drgreene.com.

View full article here.

Thank you for your time and consideration!

Sarah Purdue
Senior Accont Executive
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