Unfortunately, too many Hong Kong babies are not fed this natural and normal way, but they are bottle fed instead. Widespread distribution of artificial formula advertisements and free formula samples given out to the public make parents choose formula milk over human milk. In fact, Hong Kong has a very low breastfeeding rate compared to most modern cities in the world. While the World Health Organization recommends that mothers breastfeed for at least six months, and continue for up to two years or more, many Hong Kong parents don't follow this recommendation, even though it is babies' healthiest start.

In 2001, there were only 51% of mothers who continued to breastfeed their babies when they discharged from the hospital (SCMP, 14 Jan 02), and few of these continue for even one month. Luckily, breastfeeding is gradually coming back into normal practice use. We would like to introduce its benefits of breastfeeding to you, so that you have a general impression of breastfeeding, in order to make a wise decision in future.