The aim of this study was to examine the amount of fluoride ingested from infant formula and baby food in infants aged up to 6 months in South Korea. The fluoride content of 20 commercially available formulas and 8 baby food samples from 4 different brands was measured using a modified microdiffusion method and fluoride ion selective electrode. The amount of fluoride (F) ingested by infants was...

Mother’s milk constitutes nature best food. It is considered as the most suitable food for newborn infants since time immemorial. It is the natural security provided for the survival of the infants. Although majorities of Indian babies are breast-fed during the first 6-8 month of life [1], not everybody is fortunately in having a healthy mother who could provide adequate nutrition. Thus arises ...

There is now a general trend towards a more baby friendly, family centred approach in the Neonatal Unit. Aspects of that approach-including positive touch and massage- are gaining in popularity. This has caused much debate due to the ambiguity surrounding the implementation and validity of the interventions. Here the impact of these complementary practices (not to be confused with complementary...

BACKGROUND In 2002, the World Health Organization recommended that the age for starting complementary feeding should be changed from 4 to 6 months of age to 6 months. Although this change in age has generated substantial debate, surprisingly little attention has been paid to whether advice on how to introduce complementary foods should also be changed. It has been proposed that by 6 months of a...

Increasing the biological and nutritional value of breast milk substitutes by enriching different macro- micronutrients is an important issue. To a certain extent, determined its antioxidant activity.
 The research aims to compare activity dairy products for baby food milk.
 current studied cow pasteurized milk, drinking ultra-pasteurized “Tyoma,” sterilized “Agusha,” “NAN,” “Nutrilon...

BACKGROUND Human milk is the natural food for full term infants and is the most appropriate milk for the human infants. The objective of the study was to determine the frequency of common reasons of failure of exclusive breastfeeding in children less than six months of age. METHODS It was a cross-sectional study conducted at Rawal institute of health sciences (RIHS) from March to October 2013...