This article was written for the lay public and came out in the first issue of the new La Leche League magazine Breastfeeding Today.
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Category: Breastfeeding, Maternal nutrition, Vitamin D
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This reports on two studies done with funding I applied for from USAID Kenya. The purpose was to examine the infant feeding patterns of infants exposed to HIV and to observe the infant feeding counseling the mothers received, as well as doing interviews with a sample of mothers. Click here to open the pdf file.
Category: Africa, Breastfeeding, Complementary feeding, Determinants of breastfeeding, Evaluation, HIV, Infant feeding patterns, Nutritional Status, Original research, survey
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This article in the World Journal of Pediatrics is based on Dr. Jiang Jing Xiang’s masters thesis at Uppsala University. It uses data from China’s first national vitamin A deficiency survey done several years earlier.
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This is a presentation I gave at the First Regional Conference on Human Lactation, Breastfeeding for Healthier Generations on November 14, 2007, Dubai.
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Category: Americas, Breastfeeding, Fatherhood, Power point presentation, USA
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Recorded at Hot Milk, the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s National Conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre, August 2-4th 2007. Recorded Friday, 3rd August 2007, 5:00 pm
33:56 mins 11.8 MB
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Personal opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the
Australian Breastfeeding Association
Prepared for the Australian Breastfeeding Association HOTMILK meeting
I work with nutrition in developing countries, and breastfeeding has always been a major component of my work.
I lived in Sweden for 20 years. My sons were exclusively breastfed for close to 6 months and continued breastfeeding until they were 3.5 years old. When the boys got old enough to understand language, their mother asked them to wait until they were in private-to avoid provoking people, for her and the childrenés sake. We practiced attachment parenting, including a family bed for many years. more »
This is a German translation of “How can we increase the father’s involvement in child care?”
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Photo: The author with his sons Kasper and Felix in 1983.
This was a letter to the editor about an article claiming that breastfeeding encourages obesity. The original author’s response is included.
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Category: Breastfeeding, Europe, Obesity, Sweden
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This is a review of Edmond KM, et al. Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality. Pediatrics. 2006 Mar;1173):e380-6 with some broader observations. It was done for WABA while I was Coordinator of its Research Task Force.
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This is a power point presentation I gave at a La Leche League Conference in Washington DC on July 3, 2005.
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Category: Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding promotion, Communication, Exclusive breastfeeding, Infant feeding patterns, International Code of Marketing, Power point presentation
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