Recently, The Journal of Pediatrics published a new study about newborn feeding practices in the U.S. that doesn’t paint the most breastfeeding-friendly picture. Some of the data piqued my interest — for example,researchers used data from 6788 children in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and found that only 55 percent were exclusively breastfed in the [...] [...]
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          | The sooner a new mother goes back to work after giving birth,the less likely she is to breastfeed her baby,according to a U.S. study. Mothers in the study,published in Pediatrics,who went back to work within six weeks were less likely than other women to start breastfeeding —and when they did start,[...] [...] Jessica Hamzelou,reporter Breastfed babies are 30 per cent less likely to develop behavioural problems,according to the latest evidence that breast really is best. To assess the effects of breastfeeding on behaviour,Maria Quigley at the University of Oxford and her colleagues collected data from more than 10,000 mothers in the UK. When their infants were around [...] [...] Ten-year-old children who were predominantly breastfed for six months or longer as infants had higher academic scores on standardized tests than children breastfed for less than six months,according to a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics recently published in Pediatrics. This was especially true for boys,according to the study. Studies on the long-term effects [...] [...] Every week,it seems,researchers keep adding more pieces to the puzzle in an effort to explain the rise in childhood obesity. Last Friday,they blamed working moms and last month,erratic sleep patterns. Well today,a study from Children’s Hospital Boston suggests that formula-fed babies who get solid food before four months have six times [...] [...] Three scientists who controversially cast doubt on the safety of exclusively breastfeeding babies until six months old have links to infant formula and baby food companies,breastfeeding advocates say. In a paper in the British Medical Journal,paediatrician Dr Mary Fewtrell and colleagues said exclusive breastfeeding to six months was associated with a higher risk of [...] [...] |                | |
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