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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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