Correction: Abstracts of supplement articles are available at -  
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/vol122/Supplement_2/  

Sylvia Ann Ellison wrote:
> JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT CITES RESULTS OF STUDY ON U.S. INFANT FEEDING AND 
> CARE PRACTICES
>
> The October 2008 supplement to Pediatrics presents the first set of 
> results from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II, conducted 
> collaboratively by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers 
> for Disease Control and Prevention. The 13 articles in the supplement, 
> sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources, 
> provide results on several feeding issues: breastfeeding patterns, 
> intensity, and duration; reasons for stopping breastfeeding; and 
> transitional and complementary feeding, including provision of 
> iron-rich foods and supplements to breastfed infants. The articles 
> examine the association between mothers' behaviors with respect to 
> their infants' feeding and certain factors that may support or limit 
> mothers' choices, including the maternity care practices of the place 
> where they delivered and the breastfeeding-related options associated 
> with their place of employment. The articles also describe and analyze 
> patterns of breast milk expression; infant-formula-handling practices; 
> infant sleeping arrangements; and food-related health problems, 
> including food allergy. One article analyzes the effects of 
> breastfeeding intensity, infant-initiated bottle emptying, and 
> mothers' encouragement of bottle emptying on excess weight during 
> infancy. 

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