Immigrant kids’ diet is different, less nutritious than mom’s

The diet of Mexican immigrant children in the U.S. is different from what their mothers eat, according to Penn State sociologists, and that may mean kids are trading in the generally healthy diet…

Breastfeeding goals affected by mother’s return to work

Breastfeeding is known to provide significant health benefits for both infants and their mothers.

New Source Of Key Fat From Hazelnuts Makes Infant Formula More Like Mother’s Milk

Scientists are reporting development of a healthy “designer fat” that, when added to infant formula, provides a key nutrient that premature babies need in high quantities, but isn’t available in large enough amounts in their mothers’ milk. The new nutrient, based on hazelnut oil, also could boost nutrition for babies who are bottle-fed for other reasons…

Child Mortality Rate Decreased After Prenatal Micronutrient, Food Supplementation Internvention

A study in the May 16 edition of JAMA reveals that survival rates of newborns in poor Bangladeshi communities were significantly improved if their mothers received multiple micronutritions, including iron and folic acid combined with early food supplementation during pregnancy, in comparison with women receiving the usual food supplementation…

Association Discovered Between Children’s BMI And Working Mothers

Childhood obesity in the United States has more than tripled in the past three decades, and prior research has linked maternal employment to children’s body mass index (BMI), a measure of their weight-for-height. A new study in the January/February issue of the journal Child Development has found that children’s BMI rose the more years their mothers worked over their children’s lifetimes…