- Title: Filipino mothers attempt world record to promote breastfeeding in ASEAN
- Date: 5th August 2017
- Summary: MANILA, PHILIPPINES (AUGUST 5, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF ARANETA COLISEUM MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN ARRIVING OUTSIDE OF COLISEUM MOTHER CARRYING BABY MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN ARRIVING AT VENUE MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN ARRIVING AT VENUE/BABY TRIPPING ON MAT MOTHER WITH BABY CLAPPING EVENT IN PROGRESS WOMAN HOLDING PLACARD READING (English): "BOOBS @ WORK" MOTHER NURSING BABY BABY NURSING MOTHER NURSING BABY (SOUNDBITE) (English) 35-YEAR-OLD DEVELOPMENT WORKER, JOY REYES EUGENIO, SAYING: "Many of the mothers are having difficulty with breastfeed and they sort of use formula milk and (they) don't really appreciate the benefits of breastfeeding because the media promotes formula milk. So I think that's the issue. We need to, to really advocate breastfeeding." VARIOUS OF MOTHERS BREASTFEEDING BABIES (SOUNDBITE) (English) 25-YEAR-OLD ASEAN DELEGATE AND NURSE FROM MINDANAO, BIANCA MARGARET GABE, SAYING: "And breastfeeding is very important for me, because as a breastfeeding advocate, I support and promote and protect breastfeeding. So I have here my ninth-month-old's baby still breastfeeding and eating solid foods. Healthy solid foods." EVENT IN PROGRESS VARIOUS OF MOTHERS BREASTFEEDING BABY WOMEN HOLDING UP PLACARDS READING (English): "MILKIE MOMSIES" (SOUNDBITE) (English) ORGANISER OF "HAKAB NA" (BIG LATCH) AND PRESIDENT OF BREASTFEEDING PINAY, INC., ABIGAIL FLORENZA CO, SAYING: "So every year we've been doing this for the past five years, and every year we're growing in numbers. On the first year we had it, we only a little over 100 mothers. Now we're aiming to have 2000 mothers simultaneously latching on their babies for one minute." EVENT IN PROGRESS SCREEN SHOWING CLOCKING COUNTING DOWN FROM 10 SECONDS VARIOUS OF WOMEN CHEERING TO MARK END OF EVENT MOTHER AND CHILD
- Embargoed: 19th August 2017 07:09
- Keywords: Philippines ASEAN mothers breastfeeding babies world record attempt
- Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
- City: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
- Country: Philippines
- Topics: Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA0016SVPHL1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: About 2,000 Filipino mothers attempted to break a world record on simultaneously breast feeding their babies within one minute in Manila on Saturday (August 5), as a way to promote breastfeeding in the Southeast Asian region as a healthier alternative to baby formula.
Organisers from local advocacy group "Breastfeeding Pinay" said the event, called "The Big Latch On". It was held on the sidelines of this year's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers summit, which also began on Saturday.
Organisers said that for this year's event, which was held in Manila for the fifth time, failed to break the world record of over 3,000 people, but managed to draw a much larger crowd than in years past.
A 2011 Family Health survey by the Philippine National Statistics Authority said over 92 percent of children in the country between six to 35 months had been breastfed at some point, with 27 percent exclusively breastfed.
Breastfeeding is said to be critical for early interventions to address all forms of malnutrition and prevention of obesity. A UNICEF report released on 2015 said, Southeast Asian countries have some of the lowest breastfeeding rate, with Thailand as low as 12 percent. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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