Search the internet for information about breastfeeding. Use this information to answer the questions:

1. In the U.S., how common is breastfeeding - what percentage of women try it?
2. How long do (U.S.) women tend to stick with breastfeeding?
3. How do women in other countries compare to women in the US in terms of breastfeeding rates? Is it more or less common, or about the same?
4. What is the trend for the rate of breastfeeding (in the U.S.)?

- List the websites you used in preparing your responses to these questions.

1. What factors may affect a woman's decision to breast-feed?
2. Describe some of the advantages of breast-feeding, including both health-related advantages and economic advantages.
3. What are some of the disadvantages of breastfeeding? What ideas do you have about how these disadvantages could be reduced or eliminated?

- List the websites you used in preparing your responses to these question