HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads

In an attempt to raise the nation's historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast-feed. It featured striking photos of i...
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Marc Kaufman and Christopher Lee

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