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. Abstracts of supplement articles are available at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/vol121/Supplement_4/index.shtml. Readers: More information is available from the following MCH Library resource: - Breastfeeding: Resource Brief at http://www.mchlibrary.info/guides/breastfeeding.html -- Sylvia Ann Ellison, M.A. Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University 3123 Research Blvd., #200, Kettering, OH 45420-4006 937-258-5545; FAX 937-258-5544 [log in to unmask] ********************** Formula feeding is the longest lasting uncontrolled experiment lacking informed consent in the history of medicine. - Frank Oski, MD Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, 1985-1996 Founding Editor, Contemporary Pediatrics *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome