Stefan Johansson
12th June 2007, 23:39
Midsummer's Special 2007: the Importance of Breast Feeding
In collaboration with the journal ADC, 99nicu publishes three Leading articles as a Midsummers Special - about the importance of breastfeeding.
It is hopefully clear to readers of the Archives that exclusive breast feeding has several important health benefits and should be encouraged. But what is the best way to convey the extent of its benefits to an individual mother, or to a health care organisation deciding on the allocation of resources for health promotion?Read any of the three articles by clicking on the titles, you will be re-directed to the ADC web site. You can discuss those articles directly below or discuss any aspect of breast feeding in any appropriate forum.
PERSPECTIVE
Communicating the benefits of breast feeding (http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/92/6/471)
Ken K Ong and Nita Forouhi
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Assessing the population impact of low rates of breast feeding on asthma, coeliac disease and obesity: the use of a new statistical method (http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/92/6/483)
Anthony K Akobeng and Richard F Heller
Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals, Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, and Division of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Donor breast milk versus infant formula for preterm infants: systematic review and meta-analysis
(http://fn.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/92/3/F169)Catherine A Boyd, Maria A Quigley and Peter Brocklehurst
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
In collaboration with the journal ADC, 99nicu publishes three Leading articles as a Midsummers Special - about the importance of breastfeeding.
It is hopefully clear to readers of the Archives that exclusive breast feeding has several important health benefits and should be encouraged. But what is the best way to convey the extent of its benefits to an individual mother, or to a health care organisation deciding on the allocation of resources for health promotion?Read any of the three articles by clicking on the titles, you will be re-directed to the ADC web site. You can discuss those articles directly below or discuss any aspect of breast feeding in any appropriate forum.
PERSPECTIVE
Communicating the benefits of breast feeding (http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/92/6/471)
Ken K Ong and Nita Forouhi
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Assessing the population impact of low rates of breast feeding on asthma, coeliac disease and obesity: the use of a new statistical method (http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/92/6/483)
Anthony K Akobeng and Richard F Heller
Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals, Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, and Division of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Donor breast milk versus infant formula for preterm infants: systematic review and meta-analysis
(http://fn.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/92/3/F169)Catherine A Boyd, Maria A Quigley and Peter Brocklehurst
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford University, Oxford, UK