"Babies were born to be breast-fed" is the tagline for the national campaign to promote breastfeeding.1 The health goals of our nation include a statement regarding breast-feeding. By the year 2010, 75% of women will leave the hospital breastfeeding ...more

Coronary heart disease and the related disorders, stroke, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes, are more common among people whose birthweights were toward the lower end of the normal range. The associations depend on lower birthweights ...more

The usual recommendation for feeding prematurely born infants is to provide sufficient nutrients to support rates of growth and nutrient accretion equal to intrauterine rates.¹ The protein and energy intakes required to achieve this goal, provided the intakes of all other necessary nutrients ...more

Human breast milk is an undeniably unique, natural source of nutrition for the human infant. However, in addition to the nutritive value it imparts, breast milk and breast-feeding are well recognized to protect against gastrointestinal infections, diarrheal diseases ...more