Dear Friends,
We tend to think of Africa as the place where sustained breastfeeding is
still the cultural norm. In most African countries the average baby is
breast-fed for 18-21 months or so. But there is a country where half the
babies are breast-fed for 2½ years--Bangladesh! A new paper on Ted Greiner's
Breastfeeding Website tells the whole story in scientific terms with nearly
50 references to articles in the scientific literature--many of
them unpublished or available only in local journals. Indeed, it is probably
the most comprehensive and up to date literature review on breastfeeding in
any country in that region.
He has added another paper for those who are interested in the more clinical
aspects of breastfeeding in the industrialized world--"Breastfeeding and
celiac disease in Sweden." We think rightly of Sweden as setting a good
example for how a strong breastfeeding culture can be created. Breastfeeding
levels were as low as in the rest of the West in the early 1970s but now
nearly all Swedish babies receive at least some breast milk and a couple
years ago 40% were exclusively breast-fed for six months! Sadly, due to
pediatric misunderstanding of how to cope with the high levels of celiac
disease in that country, these levels are falling again. Read why in this
short paper--and learn what other countries must avoid!
Happy New Year!!!
Denise Arcoverde
WBW Coordinator
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