Healthy Children Project Center for Breastfeeding
There’s a recent TED Talk soundbite that goes like this: “…In a world as complex and interconnected as the one we live in, the idea that one person has the answer is ludicrous. It’s not only ineffective, it’s dangerous because it leads us to believe that it’s been solved by that hero, and we have …
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–This post is part of our 10-year anniversary series “Breastfeeding is…”— Breastfeeding is art. Throughout human history, breastfeeding has been depicted in art. In fact, the milk of a goddess was thought by ancient peoples to be the source of our galaxy and has been realized into several artworks like The Origin of the Milky …
Elyse Blair, RN, BSN, ANLC, IBCLC , Healthy Children Project Faculty Emerita, has spent most of her almost 50 year nursing career helping the smallest and most medically complex infants. Blair worked as a labor and delivery nurse for the first several years of her career, but she was always curious about the babies who …
Worldwide, obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. Anthropologist Daniel Sellen of the University of Toronto reminded participants at the “Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood: Bio-Cultural Perspectives” conference that no country has yet managed to avoid the occurrence of childhood obesity. Sellen pointed out that 90 percent of countries experience the double burden of …
The editors of more than 200 health journals worldwide just released Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health ahead of The United Nations General Assembly this month. The authors urge critical action to curb global temperature increases in an effort to “halt the destruction of nature, and protect …