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May 13

Giving Babies Formula In Early Days May Help Prolong Breastfeeding For Some

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In a bid to promote breastfeeding, hospitals push to reduce formula feeding in infants in the days following their birth. But in a new study, the first to carry out a randomized trial, researchers show that giving small amounts of formula to newborns who lose a lot of weight in their first few days of life, can actually help prolong breastfeeding in the long term. Lead author Valerie J. Flaherman of the University of California – San Francisco (UCSF), and colleagues, write about their findings in the 13 May online issue of the journal Pediatrics…

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May 11

Obese Students' Childbearing Risk Varies With High School Obesity Rates

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For young women in high school, the risk of childbearing may depend on the prevalence of obesity in their schools, according to sociologists, who found that as the prevalence of obesity rises in a school, so do the odds of obese high school students bearing children. “We did find that obese females are at lower risk of having a child while in high school,” said Jennifer Buher Kane, recent Penn State Ph. D. recipient and current postdoctoral fellow at Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina. “But that relative risk depends a lot on the type of school they attend…

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