Original Article

“Las Dos Cosas,” or Why Mexican American Mothers Breast-Feed, But Not for Long

Objectives: To determine why mothers in El Paso, Texas, choose to breast-feed but not exclusively and why breast-feeding duration is short. Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study of 300, mostly Mexican American, low-income mothers delivering at a county hospital who answered questions about breast-feeding and formula feeding, sociodemographics, and…