The Australian Department of Health and Ageing launched its National
Breastfeeding Strategy 2010 - 2015 last Friday. In it, there is a
mention of implementing the WHO Growth Charts.

Once the document is on the net, I am sure one of us will send the
link.

Gwen

Gwen Moody
CNC Postnatal Care
Westmead Hospital
PO Box 533 Wentworthville 2145
Phone: 02 9845 6964, 0422212774
Fax: 02 9845 8340
Page: 02 9845 5555 - 01135
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>>> [log in to unmask] 17/11/2009 6:29 am >>>
I read this news article:  
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/breast-fed-babies-get-a-boost/story-e6frf00i-1225797462941


One bit caught my eye:

"And the Australian Government will develop a new national child
growth
chart based on breast fed babies to give breastfeeding mothers more
confidence that their babies are not underweight."

Can anyone in Australia tell me if this means that Australia is going
to:
1) collect data for a new country growth chart
2) use the WHO chart
3) go through the process we have done in the UK to produce the UK-WHo
chart and produce a 'AU-WHO' chart
4) use the UK chart
5)????

Thanks for any info, I am really interested, and so is the UK-Chart
group!
 I am nomail but will try to check lactnet to see if there are any
answers.

thanks!
Magda Sachs
Breastfeeding Supporter, The Breastfeeding Network
UK-WHO Growth Chart Group
Infant Feeding Coordinator, Public Health, NHS Salford
UK

   

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