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Ted Greiner edits the journal World Nutrition https://worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn. has worked at public health level with breastfeeding since 1975. From Sweden and US, living in Brazil. Let's make breastfeeding work as well as possible for all
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Suboptimal breastfeeding at 6 months for infants born in Ontario in 2019 cost the healthcare system US $72.2 million annually for treating four childhood illnesses and US $61.0 million for long-term conditions

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Feeding your baby butter won’t help them sleep through the night, whatever TikTok says.

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Reprosky

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Medsky pediatrics

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For researchers: Breastfeeding Measurement - Considerations When Measuring Exclusive Breastfeeding journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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This is probably the most accurate take.

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Trials abandoned due to the stop-work order on USAID-funded research:

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What is it about watching a 4-year-old tell a 78-year-old with the maturity of a 2-year-old to "shut up and go away" that is SO deeply satisfying?

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The tiny silver lining of the US not being a WHO member is that they can't interfere in global pro-public health measures that cost their company executives an extra mansion or two. So the Executive Board recommends the entire WHA in May support regulation of digital marketing of formula:

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Only calling has any effect

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Mother's Day collection, 1981, Sweden

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From a Canadian, Mexican or European point of view: the USA has become a rogue state.

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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

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Fairly miserable start to Black History Month #StopProject2025

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UNICEF blog Our culture gains infant feeding knowledge from commercial marketing and past experiences. breastfeeding education about biological infant behaviour, with realistic expectations are needed. www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly... #infantfeeding #motherhood #pregnancy @mja.com.au

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Very hard to research. Two studies that convinced me: UK breast milk bank with limited supplies. Who got it was random. Years later there was an IQ difference. Jamaican study where it was the richer, better educated parents who bottle fed; their kids had lower IQs.

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The changes between formulas for different ages don't involve hardly any of the changes that take place in breast milk.

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📢Unique #funding opportunity! The LRF Center for Economics of Breastfeeding at @econ.uzh.ch has launched a Fellowship program. Young scholars can get funding (up to 5,000 CHF) & mentorship by faculty at the Center. Deadline extended to: 16 Feb 2025 Info: lrfc.uzh.ch/en/call-for-... #EconSky

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During the reign of the ancient Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, captives from fallen cities were often resettled. This relief has always moved me in particular because of the youngest deportees. In the top register, women walk while breastfeeding babies, and a toddler sits on someone’s shoulders.

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Understanding infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices among Muslim mothers/caregivers: A qualitative study in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines. A qualitative study.

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Arm yourself with correct information so you can just ignore ignorant comments.

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The next four years would be a really good time NOT to get pregnant. For so many reasons, including this:

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Here's how they report on him in the UK, where their free press has a spine.

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