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Researchers have been examining ways to increase breastfeeding rates for years. A new report co-authored by YSPH Professor Rafael Perez-Escamilla, an international expert on breastfeeding, urges the federal government to work with states to ensure implementation of existing maternal health programs and to support new ones.

Mexico's taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages and junk food are expected to substantially reduce consumption and help address the nation's diabetes crisis. Yet YSPH Professor Rafael Pérez-Escamilla says that taxes alone are insufficient. Without public health education and without clever social marketing campaigns and robust marketing regulation of the food industry, he says, the tax alone is unlikely to achieve more profound decreases in consumption.

This Spotlight on Teaching shines on Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD, professor of public health (social and behavioral sciences), and his focus on a “flipped” classroom model.

The gift basket raffle held during the school's annual Winter Celebration is an innovative way to support local community agencies.

Meet the biotech startups brewing milk in bioreactors to improve on baby formula. YSPH Professor Rafael Perez-Escamilla has concerns.

In recognition of National Breastfeeding Month and World Breastfeeding Week, which begins today, Yale School of Public Health Professor Rafael Pérez-Escamilla discusses five key, science-based facts that formula milk companies may not want people to know.

Yale School of Public Health Associate Dean of Research Melinda Irwin announces the recipients of this year’s top research awards.

The Yale School of Public Health and Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center are teaming up with several other organizations to help pregnant Latina women in Hartford improve their health with a trial food-as-medicine program.

An analysis of assessment data from the Connecticut Department of Education found that physical fitness has declined in public schools across the state, with low-income districts hit hardest. Yale School of Public Health Professors Rafael Pérez-Escamilla and Nicola Hawley provide insights.