Parents Affect Kids' Heart Disease Risk : "
By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter, Forbes.com:
"TUESDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDayNews) -- What parents do -- and don't do -- before the birth of a child and through the early years of life has a significant effect on the child's risk of developing heart disease as an adult, two studies find. One study of Australian women and their children found that a woman's smoking habits during pregnancy, her decision on breast-feeding, and even her weight affected a child's blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease. And a study that hits closer to home found that a startlingly large percentage of American teens have one or more risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, obesity, and bad cholesterol readings. It's a finding the lead researcher attributes to a lack of parental guidance..."
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Saturday, October 09, 2004
NGO with grit defeats Heinz, Nestle, Amul … - Sify.com
Saturday, 09 October , 2004, 10:23
"The Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) looks like a humdrum NGO working out of a cramped office in dusty North Delhi. It employs a handful of people and is headed by an earnest doctor. In May this year BPNI won a major victory in its long battle against baby food manufacturers. It got the Union Government to amend the Infant Milk Substitutes Act of 1993 and ban advertisements and promotions of baby food for children below the age of two. The ban went into effect from November 1, 2003. This was a defining moment for BPNI and yet the news barely found mention. Over the years, the breastfeeding cause has lost its lustre. The media has buried it. Feminists shrug indifferently. The jhollawallas look bored...."
Saturday, 09 October , 2004, 10:23
"The Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) looks like a humdrum NGO working out of a cramped office in dusty North Delhi. It employs a handful of people and is headed by an earnest doctor. In May this year BPNI won a major victory in its long battle against baby food manufacturers. It got the Union Government to amend the Infant Milk Substitutes Act of 1993 and ban advertisements and promotions of baby food for children below the age of two. The ban went into effect from November 1, 2003. This was a defining moment for BPNI and yet the news barely found mention. Over the years, the breastfeeding cause has lost its lustre. The media has buried it. Feminists shrug indifferently. The jhollawallas look bored...."
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Baring the injustice of breast-feeding ban
Monday, October 04, 2004
Connie Schultz
Plain Dealer Columnist
"The first time my daughter poked a hole bigger than Texas right through my logic was when we talked about sex. Actually, it wasn't about sex, not really, or at least it didn't start out that way. But the issue of men came up. Then it was about sex, even though it still wasn't about sex as far as we were concerned, but you know how that goes."
Monday, October 04, 2004
Connie Schultz
Plain Dealer Columnist
"The first time my daughter poked a hole bigger than Texas right through my logic was when we talked about sex. Actually, it wasn't about sex, not really, or at least it didn't start out that way. But the issue of men came up. Then it was about sex, even though it still wasn't about sex as far as we were concerned, but you know how that goes."
Saturday, October 02, 2004
Breast is not best for every situation
The Sunday Times - Ireland
October 03, 2004
Comment: Brenda Power:
"Joining a seemingly tireless campaign to convince women that breast milk is an even better thing than sliced bread, the Department of Health and Children wrote to 476 restaurants asking them to support a new breastfeeding initiative. By the time the launch of the scheme was announced to coincide with the start of National Breastfeeding Week last Thursday, less than a quarter of those restaurants had replied positively. Now the hospitality industry was not being asked to facilitate live lunchtime sex shows on the premises of restaurants and cafes — it was simply being asked to adopt a policy of welcoming and assisting women who wanted to nurse their babies while they dined out. Just 105 of the premises approached are now backing the scheme...."
The Sunday Times - Ireland
October 03, 2004
Comment: Brenda Power:
"Joining a seemingly tireless campaign to convince women that breast milk is an even better thing than sliced bread, the Department of Health and Children wrote to 476 restaurants asking them to support a new breastfeeding initiative. By the time the launch of the scheme was announced to coincide with the start of National Breastfeeding Week last Thursday, less than a quarter of those restaurants had replied positively. Now the hospitality industry was not being asked to facilitate live lunchtime sex shows on the premises of restaurants and cafes — it was simply being asked to adopt a policy of welcoming and assisting women who wanted to nurse their babies while they dined out. Just 105 of the premises approached are now backing the scheme...."
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