Article: Breast-feeding rates still too low.(Features)

Article: HEALTH: WEST, CENTRAL AFRICA HAVE LOWEST BREAST-FEEDING ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  August 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Development Department of the World Health Organization, told ... exclusive breast-feeding rates are still very low ... than 12 weeks. The World Health Organization (WHO ... support, breast-feeding rates "doubled, tripled ...

Article: Comparison of the Feeding Rates of Two Introduced ...
Northeastern Naturalist;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... an omnivorous diet. We compared the feeding rates of these two introduced crab species ... large (14.5-21.5 mm). Because feeding rates are expected to vary with biomass ... The two crab species had similar feeding rates on the smallest size class of mussel ...

Article: Food supply and parental feeding rates of Hooded ...
Wilson Bulletin;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... caeruleus) occupying small fragments had feeding rates and nesting success similar to pairs ... of nestlings per brood by measuring feeding rates as feeding rate per nest]ing (feeding ... monitored via video recording to determine feeding rates and prey sizes. We placed video cameras ...

Article: US breast-feeding rates hit new high; ...
AP Worldstream;  April 30, 2008 ;     661 words ... ... noting that black women have historically had lower breast-feeding rates. It was very impressive that when it comes to beginning ... At least three types of CDC surveys have shown breast-feeding rates moving upward since the early 1990s, officials said. The ...

Article: CDC: Breast-feeding rates hit new high of 77 ...
AP Online;  April 30, 2008 ;     690 words ... ... noting that black women have historically had lower breast-feeding rates. It was very impressive that when it comes to beginning ... At least three types of CDC surveys have shown breast-feeding rates moving upward since the early 1990s, officials said. The ...

Article: L.A. County breast-feeding rates lag
Daily Breeze;  August 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... due to formula feeding. There's a wide range of breast-feeding rates among South Bay and Harbor Area hospitals, with Little Company ... exclusive breast-feeding, you end up with higher breast- feeding rates down the line," said Jane Heinig, executive director of ...

Article: Breast-feeding rates still on the rise in the U.S. ...
OB GYN News;  February 1, 2003 ;     482 words ...U.S. breast-feeding rates continue to increase, according to data from a large national survey conducted in 2001. In-hospital breast-feeding grew about ...