Article: Breastfeeding-focused growth charts.(NEWS)(Brief article)

The new UK-World Health Organization early-years growth charts will be launched in England for the first time during National Breastfeeding Awareness Week. The growth charts have been based on breastfed babies in order to provide more accurate guidance on child growth.

Unite/CPHVA lead professional officer Obi Amadi stated: 'We support that the new growth charts focus on breastfed babies.

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The problem with the former charts was that they were based predominately on formula-fed babies.

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