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World Health Organization Revised Breastfeeding Guidelines Put Babies at Risk Despite Pleas from Experts—Informing the Public “Not a Top Priority”

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By the Senior Advisory Board of the Fed is Best Foundation A key recommendation of the 1989 World Health Organization Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding which guides the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is: “give infants no food or drink other than breast-milk, unless medically indicated.” This has led to serious complications from accidental starvation of … Continue reading World Health Organization Revised Breastfeeding Guidelines Put Babies at Risk Despite Pleas from Experts—Informing the Public “Not a Top Priority”

Dangers of Insufficient Exclusive Breastfeeding Presented at the First Coast Neonatal Symposium

Dr. Christie del Castillo-Hegyi was invited to present her research on the brain- and life-threatening consequences of insufficient feeding of exclusively breastfed newborns at the First Coast Neonatal Symposium held by the Department of Neonatology at the University of Florida at Jacksonville on April 24, 2017.  Here is the video of the lecture presented. Note: … Continue reading Dangers of Insufficient Exclusive Breastfeeding Presented at the First Coast Neonatal Symposium

Dangers of Insufficient Breastfeeding Presented at the First Coast Neonatal Symposium

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Dr. Christie del Castillo-Hegyi was invited to present her research on the brain- and life-threatening consequences of insufficient feeding of exclusively breastfed newborns at the First Coast Neonatal Symposium held by the Department of Neonatology at the University of Florida at Jacksonville on April 24, 2017.  Here is the video of the lecture presented. Note: … Continue reading Dangers of Insufficient Breastfeeding Presented at the First Coast Neonatal Symposium

The Lancet: Nonexistent Magic Breasts Could Save 800,000 Lives Per Year

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Written by Brooke Orosz, PhD In 2016, an article in The Lancet  claimed that increasing breastfeeding rates worldwide could save 800,000 children per year.  The first problem with this study is that the authors are somewhat overly optimistic in interpreting the evidence for breastfeeding.  The second is that, although the vast majority of those hypothetical lost … Continue reading The Lancet: Nonexistent Magic Breasts Could Save 800,000 Lives Per Year