You can download the new WHO charts online now... At 5:41 AM +0100 30/4/06, denise thomson wrote: >In the UK there has been repeated talk of breastfeeding centile charts but no >one has actually seen one. Instead the mothers are subjected to pre feed and >after feed weighing in some hospitals, neither wonder people get stressed >about breastfeeding! I wonder how long it will take these charts to come out >over in Australia. >Do you have the centile charts for Down syndrome babies- these have been >recognised as being required in the uk? >Denise > >Jo Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The thing that surprises me is that most of my friends have exclusively >breastfed and produced babies with rolls on their rolls and crevices so deep >you can't find the bottom of them... My own daughter was off the chart at 6 >months (she was exclusively breastfed until somewhere around 16 months). They >did generally seem to look different to chubby formula babies though, sort of >softer looking fat. > >At 10:42 AM +0800 25/4/06, Susan Cudlipp wrote: >>This is interesting Kelly and about time these wretched charts were consigned >>to the bin. >>I did a lactation course a few years ago and the facilitator asked us to all >>bring in our own babies health records, some of which were very old! It was >>obvious that all of us who had breast fed produced babies with very different >>growth patterns to that specified on the chart. She explained about the >>growth being based on formula feeding, which was something most of us were >>unaware of. >>Regards, >>Sue >>"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do >>nothing" >>Edmund Burke >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Kelly @ BellyBelly >>To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au >>Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:13 AM >>Subject: [ozmidwifery] Breastfeeding Mothers Given Wrong Advice for 40 Years >> >>Breastfeeding evolution in Britain - WHO changes guidelines... >> >>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2147863,00.html >>Mothers got wrong advice for 40 yearsSarah-Kate Templeton, Medical >>Correspondent >> >>BREAST-FEEDING mothers have been given potentially harmful advice on infant >>nutrition for the past 40 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has >>admitted. >> >>Charts used in Britain for decades to advise mothers on a baby's optimum size >>have been based on the growth rates of infants fed on formula milk. >> >>The organisation now says the advice given to millions of breast-feeding >>mothers was distorted because babies fed on formula milk put on weight far >>faster. >> >>These breast-feeding mothers were wrongly told that their babies were >>underweight and were advised, or felt pressured, to fatten them up by giving >>them formula milk or extra solids. >> >>Health experts believe the growth charts may have contributed to childhood >>obesity and associated problems such as diabetes and heart disease in later >>life. A government study has found that more than a quarter of children in >>English secondary schools are clinically obese, almost double the proportion >>a decade ago. >> >>This week, the WHO will publish new growth standards based on a study of more >>than 8,000 breast-fed babies from six countries around the world. They will >>say the optimum size is that of a breast-fed baby. >> >>The move will put pressure on British doctors to replace charts which, for >>the last four decades, have taken into account the growth patterns of >>bottle-fed babies. >> >>Professor Tim Cole, of the Institute of Child Health at University College >>London, said: "We should change to a growth chart based on breast-fed babies. >>During their first year they do not put on as much weight as those fed on >>formula milk. Breast-fed babies are less likely to be fat later in life and >>to develop complications such as diabetes and heart disease." >> >>Six years ago, Cole developed an alternative chart based on breast-fed babies >>but it has never been endorsed by the British medical establishment. The >>Child Growth Foundation, a UK charity, campaigns for the adoption of Cole's >>chart. > > >>The foundation claims breast-fed babies are, on average, at 22lb at 12 >>months, about 1lb lighter than those fed solely on formula milk. It is >>thought that breast-fed babies grow more slowly in the first year because >>they control the rate at which they feed, rather than being tied to their >>parents' notion of meal times. >> >>Mercedes de Onis, who co-ordinates WHO child growth standards, said: >>"Breast-fed babies appear to self-regulate their energy intake to lower >>levels. Breast-fed babies have different metabolic rates and different >>sleeping patterns. Formula-fed babies seem to have higher intakes of energy >>and, as a result, are heavier." >> >>The American Academy of Pediatrics has warned that being overweight as a baby >>is a key early risk factor for heart disease and diabetes. >> >>The babies who were the models for the new WHO standards were selected for >>good health. They were all breast-fed, their mothers did not smoke and they >>received good health care. >> >>The WHO says babies should be fed solely on breast milk for up to six months. >>In Britain, fewer than 10% of babies are getting only breast milk by this age. >> >>The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is to meet this summer to >>discuss the new WHO standards. >> >>The Department of Health said: "Once WHO publishes the new growth charts we >>will assess the need for revisions to the UK growth charts." >> >>Best Regards, >> >>Kelly Zantey >>Creator, BellyBelly.com.au >>Gentle Solutions From Conception to Parenthood >>BellyBelly Birth Support - http://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth-support >> >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.6/323 - Release Date: 24/04/2006 > > >-- >Jo Bourne >Virtual Artists Pty Ltd >-- >This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. >Visit to subscribe or unsubscribe. > > > > >Switch an email account to Yahoo! 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