An infant nutrition expert explains what is behind the current formula shortage and what can be done to support hard-pressed parents.
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Supporting mothers’ and infants’ sleep can decrease the stressors of motherhood, improve maternal mood and mental health and promote better infant development.
Researchers find that households without enough diapers for their children are more likely to struggle with other hardships.
Children who are fed diets high in added sugars are more likely than children with lower sugar intakes to have a number of negative health consequences as they develop.
As many as two-thirds of couples do it.
Take turns in conversation and make rhymes.
With the high cost of infant formula, food-insecure mothers who cannot breastfeed are struggling to feed their babies.
There is immense interest in understanding whether potentially protective SARS-CoV-2 antibodies are provided to the baby via breast milk. This is what we know so far.
Interviewees describe ‘scrimping and saving’ to make ends meet.
Provision of breastfeeding support and information within the community can lead to a significant increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates.
Parents with a newborn were doing significantly better on most parental and relational outcomes during lockdown.
Around the globe, 823,000 child deaths could be prevented annually with appropriate breastfeeding. Formula makers continue to defy a 40-year-old international code on marketing their product.
Pregnant women’s experiences can affect their babies’ health, even into adulthood. Researchers know societywide stresses can lead to these long-term consequences – and the pandemic likely fits the bill.
The babies born since March 11 2020 have faced a unique set of challenges.
With their prominent foreheads, low eye position and rounded body, koalas can seem almost baby-like. But is that enough to save them?
There are effective ways to help reduce babies’ pain during blood draws and injections, but they are used in less than 50 per cent of newborns. Here’s how to ease your infant’s pain.
Shaking polypropylene bottles and washing them with very hot water can release millions of tiny plastic particles. Here are four ways to reduce exposure.
Our study joins a growing body of evidence that suggests caesarean sections may have more consequences than previously thought.
New research finds that while some women thrived during lockdown, others found breastfeeding to be difficult and overwhelming.
Women want to start breastfeeding again for a range of reasons, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what’s involved.
Top contributors
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Durham Inancy & Sleep Centre (DISC), Durham University
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Senior Lecturer at York Business School, York St John University
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Swansea University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Nottingham Trent University
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Clinical lecturer, Rural Clinical School, Australian National University
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden, Lund University
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Lecturer in Developmental Psychology, City St George's, University of London