83% Of Newborn Babies Are Breastfed In England
In the United Kingdom the percentage of newborn babies who are breastfed has increased significantly since 2005, from 78% to 83% in England, 67% to 71% in Wales and 70% to 74% in Scotland.
June 22, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 2010-dropped, diet, mothers-smoked, newborn-babies, northern, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, percentage, pregnancy, since-2005, united, united-kingdom, wales
Newborns With Low Vitamin D Levels At Increased Risk For Respiratory Infections
The vitamin D levels of newborn babies appear to predict their risk of respiratory infections during infancy and the occurrence of wheezing during early childhood, but not the risk of developing asthma. Results of a study in the January 2011 issue of Pediatrics support the theory that widespread vitamin D deficiency contributes to risk of infections…
December 30, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: deficiency-contributes, diet, early-childhood, infections-during, newborn-babies, nutritional counseling, the-occurrence, widespread-vitamin
