— A third of kids in study sample exclusively breastfed until age 3 months by Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer March 5, 2020 Exclusive breastfeeding during the first 3 months of life was associated with significant reduction in respiratory allergies among children at age 6, according to a longitudinal study. Analysis of data from 1,177 mother-child […]
Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD First Published December 12, 2018 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/2515690X18816971 Abstract Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, and continuing for at least the first year of life, is strongly recommended. Suboptimal breastfeeding, which is breastfeeding that does not meet these recommendations, is a multifactorial issue. Some authorities, particularly in the nursing and […]
Written by Honor Whiteman Published: Monday 5 September 2016 Asthma is estimated to affect around 8.6 percent of children and adolescents in the United States, making it one of the most common chronic childhood diseases. Asthma symptoms are the same for children as for adults; these include wheezing, coughing, breathing problems, and chest tightness. However, […]
5/31/16 The Journal of Pediatrics TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Women completed a questionnaire 12 months post delivery to evaluate the association between substance and mode of infant feeding with risk of infant otitis media and diarrhea during the first year of life. The risk of otitis media in infants fed only breast milk was highest in children […]
Explore (NY). 2015 Aug 20. pii: S1550-8307(15)00149-4. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2015.08.005. [Epub ahead of print] Alcantara J, Alcantara JD, Alcantara J. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Chiropractors have long advocated on the benefits of breastfeeding and given the realized and potential role of chiropractors in the care of infants with breastfeeding difficulties, we performed this review of the literature on […]
Troy Brown, RN March 18, 2015 Prolonged breast-feeding is associated with higher intelligence in adulthood, longer schooling, and higher adult income, according to a study published March 17 in the Lancet Global Health. “Our study provides the first evidence that prolonged breastfeeding not only increases intelligence until at least the age of 30 years but […]
29 April 2014 A mother’s diet before conception can permanently affect how her child’s genes function, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The first such evidence of the effect in humans opens up the possibility that a mother’s diet before pregnancy could permanently affect many aspects of her children’s lifelong health. Researchers from the […]
This large population-based longitudinal study from Japan looked at behavioral development in children of mothers who breastfed vs those who did not. Results at 2.5 years and 5.5 years of age showed a dose–response association between breastfeeding and age-appropriate developmental behavior skills. In an analysis adjusting for potentially confounding variables, the protective effects of breastfeeding remained. […]
Kate E.C. Grimshaw, PhD, RD Published online November 18, 2013 PEDIATRICS Vol. 132 No. 6 December 1, 2013 pp. e1529 -e1538 (doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3692) ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To address questions regarding breastfeeding, complementary feeding, allergy development, and current infant-feeding recommendations. METHODS: This was a nested, case-control within a cohort study in which mothers of 41 infants diagnosed […]
Published: Oct 21, 2013 | Updated: Oct 22, 2013 By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/GeneralGastroenterology/42398 Action Points Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis incidence decreased from 2003 to 2009, in conjunction with an increase in breastfeeding, researchers found. In this case-control study, bottle feeding was associated with an increased risk of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, […]
Published: Oct 4, 2006 By Crystal Phend Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/Pregnancy/4237 Action Points Explain to interested patients that although breastfeeding does not appear to give children a mental advantage, there are many other important benefits to breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics advocates breastfeeding as do other governmental and professional associations including the World Health Organization. […]
Pediatrics 2013 Oct 07;[EPub Ahead of Print], K Størdal, RA White, M Eggesbø TAKE-HOME MESSAGE When should gluten be introduced to minimize the risk of celiac disease in children? A Norwegian birth cohort of > 100,000 children was analyzed in which gluten introduction was reported monthly from 0 to 6 months of age and breastfeeding […]
Environ Microbiol. 2014 Sep;16(9):2891-904. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12238. Epub 2013 Sep 3. Jost T, Lacroix C, Braegger CP, Rochat F, Chassard C. Abstract Breast milk has recently been recognized as source of commensal and potential probiotic bacteria. The present study investigated whether viable strains of gut-associated obligate anaerobes are shared between the maternal and neonatal gut ecosystem […]
07.29.2013 by Michael Smith North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Action Points Longer breastfeeding duration in infancy was associated with a higher vocabulary test score at age 3. Longer breastfeeding was also associated with higher intelligence testing at age 7. Longer breastfeeding over the first year of life was linked to better understanding of language […]