BETTER NUTRITION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND NEW MOTHERS DOES HELP CHILDREN GROW: EU STUDY
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EVERY nurse knows that good nutrition is a key to excellent health, but there has been less knowledge of the links between good diets in nursing mothers and pregnant women and their children. The European Union's (EU) EARNEST ('early nutrition programming') project, which has received Euro EUR13.4 million in EU funding, has aimed to develop understanding. Its scientists have revealed important facts useful for nurses.
For instance, they have shown giving pre-term babies breast milk significantly increases their bone size and mineral content 20 ...
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