Mentions need for exclusive 6 mo. breastfeeding and need to educate
regarding value of colostrum.
Judy Ritchie


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/health/03hunger.html?th&emc=th

part of article

Outside of regions in crises, nutritionists at the bank say, programs should
shift their emphasis from directly providing food to changing the behaviors
of mothers - for example, to breast-feed exclusively for the first six
months of life or seek quick treatment for their children's diarrhea.
Improvements to sanitation and health care are also needed.
The origins of malnutrition often lie in the way infants and young children
are fed, not the quantity of food available. 
In many societies in Africa and South Asia, the first days of thick,
yellowish breast milk, called colostrum, are discarded, though it contains
antimicrobials that can protect children against infection. It is then
replaced with local concoctions that all too often include bad water that
can give children diarrhea. For school-age children, nutrition education,
iron supplements and deworming medicines are usually better investments for
improving nutrition than providing meals, the report says.

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