Pureed food 'isn't natural for babies'
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Unicef nutrition expert sparks controversy with attack on spoon-feeding from tins and jars.
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Low levels of man-made chemicals in basic foods could combine to harm humans, a conservation charity warns.
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NEW YORK  - Breastfeeding in infancy appears to be associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes later in life, according to a quantitative analysis of published evidence conducted by investigators in the UK.
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Food flown into the UK will be stripped of its organic status unless it meets stricter ethical standards.
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Anne Grintjes can't even look at produce now without cringing. "I went through a grocery store the other day and I just flinched when I looked at all the greens," said Grintjes, whose 6-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter fell ill during a multi-state E. coli outbreak linked to tainted spinach. "It's hard not to, after watching your little boy struggling for his life in a hospital bed."
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Children who are not exclusively breastfed during the first 6 months of infancy have a higher risk of asthma and allergy, according to a report from Australia.
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Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots. The Food and Drug Administration was issuing that warning Thursday to parents of children under 2.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a new study   suggest that babies whose growth in the womb is restricted,   perhaps because of pregnancy complications, are particularly   susceptible to the development of irritable bowel syndrome   (IBS) later in life.
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Pregnant and nursing women, as well as those who want to conceive, are advised in the United States to avoid certain types of seafood and to limit consumption of other varieties as a way to reduce potential ill effects from mercury and other contaminants.
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LONDON -- Some artificial food colorings may stimulate hyperactivity in children, and parents may gain some benefit from preventing their children from consuming them, a government agency said Thursday.
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Feeding very low birth-weight infants with mother's milk rather than formula doesn't seem to improve their neurological development, researchers have found.
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It's one of the grimmest threats to premature babies: Their immature intestines break down. They can't be fed. In the worst cases, holes in the bowel let bacteria leak into the blood &#151; and kill.
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Researchers last night called for further investigation into whether babies born by caesarean section were at extra risk of food allergies and diarrhoea.
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U.S. News & World Report - Nearly all pregnant women know that they have to take prenatal supplements and stop smoking and drinking to protect the health of their unborn baby. But does it really make a difference to Baby if you gorge on ice cream and skimp on fruit, grilled chicken, and brown rice? Actually, yes. David Barker, a professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, explains the theory.
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A large study has found that children of women who ate little fish during pregnancy had lower IQs and more behavioral and social problems than youngsters whose mothers ate plenty of seafood, a finding that challenges the U.S. government's standard advice to limit seafood while pregnant.
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HEALTHY CAN BE HAZARDOUS: Word now comes from British researchers that the latest thing that can be hazardous to your health is -- natural and organic foods. Seems too much of a good thing can be linked to an increase in food allergies. We give up. Pass the chicken wings.
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Gerber is recalling some of its baby food over a potential choking hazard.