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Blog Entries February 2012

by Kate Kahn -

Recently the Latino Infant Nutrition Initiative (L.I.N.I.) released its own "call to action" of sorts triggered by alarming rates of obesity among Hispanic children. 

The organization's research found that by 9 months of age, more than 12 percent of Hispanic infants have unhealthy growth patterns.  That result is...

by Kate Kahn -

The state of Maryland is in the process of following in the footsteps of Rhode Island by making its hospitals promote exclusive breastfeeding to new moms.  What does that mean exactly?  It means they are trying to ban the practice of putting formula samples in goodie bags that new moms get when leaving the hospital.  It also...

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