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EPISODE · Aug 21, 2025 · 19 MIN

Perfect Nutrition: A look at Breastfeeding Benefits, Support, and the State's Strategies for Success

from Public Health Out Loud · host Dr. Philip Chan, Rhode Island Department of Health

August is National Breastfeeding Month – a time to celebrate and bring awareness to breastfeeding. In this episode, Mary Catherine or “MC” Curran, a WIC lactation consultant and nutritionist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and RIDOH’s own Dr. Olutosin Ojugbele, a pediatrician at Hasbro Children's Hospital and assistant professor of pediatrics at Brown University’s Warren Alpert School of Medicine  talk about why breastmilk is the perfect nutrition, how support is key to success, and how the Rhode Island is taking part in this annual observance.

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