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(CNSNews.com) – Americans don’t hear much from U.S. Surgeon-General Regina Benjamin, but on Thursday, she issued a news release urging “everyone” to “help make breastfeeding easier.” She also cited the “health benefits” of breastfeeding for baby and mother.

The surgeon-general’s “call to action” identifies ways that families, communities, employers and health care professionals can improve breastfeeding rates and increase support for breastfeeding.

Benjamin, pointing to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control, said breastfeeding rates are “particularly low” among African-American women.

…Benjamin also pointed to a study in the journal Pediatrics estimating that the nation would save $13 billion per year in health care and other costs if 90 percent of U.S. babies were exclusively breastfed for six months.