Regarding
the recent study in the International Journal of Obesity -- this study
showed that getting a substitute for breastmilk when these women were
born, from 1946 to 1964, did not increase their risk for obesity,
compared with being breastfed. None of the women in these studies were
fed Enfamil or Similac. Recent studies looking at infants and toddlers
fed contemporary formula _do_ show an association with childhood
obesity. So all we can conclude is that moms who choose not to
breastfeed and instead give them babies artificial breast milk
substitutes from the 1940s and 50s don't have to worry about obesity
risk. For contemporary formula, however, the science is clear:
formula-fed babies are more likely to be fat kids.
By Alison
Here's
the problem: "just try to breastfeed".
Just trying isn't good enough.
You don't just "try" parenting. You make a commitment to a relationship
and make decisions that are in the best interest of the child and stick
with them, searching out professional assistance (doctors, teachers,
etc.) to help you when you don't have all the answers.
Anyone who is just "trying" to raise a child isn't doing a good enough
job.
Just "trying" to breastfeed is heading for formula.
You have to commit to it.
I know numerous women who have supposedly had low supply or who had
mastitis and pain and bleeding; the didn't just "try"...they committed
to what was best for their child.
There are some very rare cases in which a woman cannot breastfeed.
Except, every thrid mother I meet says that she is the rare exception.
By Larry Baker
http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/infantfeeding/en/index.html
Promoting proper feeding for infants and young children
The challenge
Infant and young child feeding
WHO/NHD
Nutrition and nurturing during the first three years are both crucial
for lifelong health and well-being. In infancy, no gift is more
precious than breastfeeding; yet barely one in three infants is
exclusively breastfed during the first four months of life.
Faulty feeding practices begin with giving any other nourishment but
breast milk before complementary feeding is nutritionally required – or
with substituting entirely for breast milk, which places babies at risk
of illness, even death. When complementary feeding begins, uninformed
decisions can also interfere with good nutrition in terms of which
foods are given, how much and how often and whether breastfeeding
continues, as it should. Nutritionally inadequate or contaminated food,
and starting complementary feeding too early or too late are major
causes of malnutrition in infants and young children.
By Chris
