• Infant crying can be distressing and parents may be tempted to attribute this to
gastrointestinal problems such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease or cow's milk allergy …

Breast feeding is universally acknowledged as the first step in the promotion of health and
wellbeing of children and their families. The World Health Organization recommends breast …

Women from disadvantaged groups and ethnic minorities are least likely to breast feed, and
these women could benefit most from involvement in small, informal discussions on the …

Breast feeding has well known advantages for mothers and children, yet its rates are lower
than recommended. Two linked randomised controlled trials assess the effectiveness of …

There are many reasons for the current low rates of breast feeding in many developed
countries. Compared with 20 years ago, more mothers return to work soon after birth, less …

Breast feeding improves infant and maternal health and cognitive development in both
developed and developing countries, and it is the single most important preventive …

Breast feeding is unparalleled in providing an infant with ideal nourishment, protection from
infections, and much more. 1 2 Despite this, there is still a strong culture for bottle feeding in …

SIR,-Dr JEM Gregg highlights embarrassment as an important factorinfluencing mothers not
to breast feed.'This confirms the findings in earlier local and national surveys that, although …

Mothers should breast feed for at least the first year of an infant's life because of the health
benefits for both baby and mother, says the American Academy of Pediatrics.In a new policy …

Conversations around the complex subject of infant feeding have invariably focused on
health outcomes, but recent studies have highlighted the environmental cost of decades of …