Apropos of ACOG’s new breastfeeding guidelines (see CBU post ), Attn notes Lancet’s publication of “Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect,” which includes 28 pooled analyses (meta-analyses) of studies of breastfeeding’s...
News articles reporting on the American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists latest breastfeeding Committee Opinion have featured its position that ob/gyns should support a woman’s informed decision to formula feed. No disagreement with the sentiment, but...
Adding to the long list of breastfeeding benefits, Medscape Medical News summarizes a study demonstrating that breastfeeding strongly protects women diagnosed with gestational diabetes from progressing to Type 2 diabetes. Turning to the study itself, investigators...
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CNN reports on the Army's new breastfeeding policy. The article also provides links to the Air Force and Navy policies.
Moms might want to consider how much time they're spending engaged with their phone screens instead of their babies while breastfeeding, according to this article. No one is saying that breastfeeding moms or formula-feeding parents need to pay attention to baby every...
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