Article: New growth charts based on breastfed babies.(FRONTLINE News)(Brief article)

Article: A growing concern: soon the UK will adopt new World Health ...
Community Practitioner;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The UK is about to adopt, as standard, new World Health Organization (WHO) weight and length/height charts. They are based on the growth of exclusively breastfed infants and a preliminary announcement that the UK will soon have them could be made to coincide with National Breastfeeding Awareness

Article: Fed: Breastfed babies at risk of overfeeding
AAP General News (Australia);  March 4, 2008 ;     451 words ... ... 2008 Fed: Breastfed babies at risk of ... March 4 AAP - Breastfed babies are at risk ... fast as the growth charts recommend ... unnecessary for breastfed babies to be given ... to current growth charts. "This is ...

Article: Breastfed babies 'grow up to have better sight'.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 9, 2007 ;     694 words ...Byline: DANIEL MARTIN BREASTFED babies grow up to have better eyesight than those given bottled ... have a beneficial effect.' Last year a study indicated breastfed babies grow up to be happier children, with better mental health ...

Article: Breastfed babies may become better adults
The Hindustan Times;  February 14, 2007 ;     468 words ...London, Feb 14 -- Breastfed babies are likely to become better adults than their bottle-fed ... breastfed versus 20 percent of bottle-fed graduating. Breastfed babies were also more likely to move up in social class, based ...

Article: 'Breastfed babies less likely to be fat'
The Hindustan Times;  September 27, 2006 ;     481 words ... ... findings published in the October issue of Diabetes Care. Breastfed babies are less likely to grow into overweight children than those ... obese or have diabetes, the researchers said. Exclusively breastfed babies had roughly a 34 percent reduced risk of being overweight ...

Article: Mothers breastfed babies in local train on ...
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  August 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Mothers breastfed babies in local train on breastfeeding week New York, Aug 2 (PTI ... our a ZCZC PRI ESPL INT .NEWYORK FES26 MOTHERS-WEEK Mothers breastfed babies in local train on breastfeeding week New York, Aug 2 (PTI ...

Article: Health: No iron deficiency in breastfed babies.
PPI - Pakistan Press International;  March 27, 2008 ;     569 words ...Karachi, March 27 (PPI): Exclusively breastfed babies born after 37-42 weeks of gestation are less prone ... fortified formula. In general, it is recommended that breastfed babies start on iron-fortified foods, like infant cereal ...