Hi all,

I just spotted this in the paper:

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/early-life-nutrition-guidelines-advise-mums-on-diet-before-conceiving-and-after-birth/story-fnet08ck-1227028264029

or

http://tinyurl.com/m9llezy

"Early Life Nutrition guidelines advise mums on diet before conceiving and after birth

Men and women are being urged to trim down even before they conceive a child under new guidelines on what to eat during pregnancy and feed your child.

The Early Life Nutrition guidelines developed by six Australian and New Zealand experts are designed to prevent childhood obesity and allergies. The experts claim the right diet in the first 1,000 days of pregnancy (including 3 months before conception and the first three years of a child’s life) have a profound impact on the child’s health.”

[etc]

Amongst all the hyperventilation about how awful mothers are, there is a remarkable shortage of actual information, like… who these actual experts are, and who they represent. They only name one, "University Sydney’s paediatric specialist Professor John Sinn”, who has a resume that looks suspiciously formula-sponsored:

http://www.sah.org.au/specialist-details?id=350531

“...He is a regular invited speaker in nutrition, allergy prevention, prebiotics, probiotics, Vitamin D, Omega 3 and TPN, nationally and internationally. He is the chair of the NSW TPN committee. As part of his immunology / immunization interest, he is the chief investigator of theMaternal Pertussis study and investigator for the Probiotic Study (PROPREM)which were both awarded NHMRC funding.”

And most of the top hits I get online for the phrase “Early Life Nutrition” are formula companies.

Here’s the kicker, though:

"Once their baby is born women are advised to breast feed for as long as possible and introduce solid foods once their baby is aged 17 weeks to help combat the development of allergies.”

_At_ 17 weeks, with no range given?!  Breastfeed “As long as possible”, with no other guidance?

I’m calling formula-company-influenced until proven otherwise. However, it’s being presented in the news as received wisdom from authoritative sources/top informational bodies. Does anyone know more?

Thanks

Lara Hopkins
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