'We need to promote the culture of donating breast milk'

Armida Fernandez, founder trustee of Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, started the first human milk bank in India in 1989 in …

Breastfeeding was the easiest choice for these women in rural Odisha

Dahanaput, a small hamlet in a remote corner of Odisha, is rewriting the story of child malnutrition as they commit to push their children …

On a dangerous diet?

Mothers in Japan have been warned to cut down on breast-feeding their babies as breast milk has suddenly become harmful for infants

‘Growth of affluent Indian kids on par with developed countries’

Nita Bhandari, an internationally recognised public health researcher, spoke to Down To Earth on how India was selected for the WHO study and its …

Back to the breast

Many organisations in the country are working at weaning parents from the bottle to mother's milk

Preterm infants should be given fresh breast milk, not expressed one

Breast milk contains hydrogen peroxide, which works like an antibiotic, and degrades if not fed to the infant immediately, says a study

#FitnessChallenge: A life cycle of challenges I throw at PM Modi

Being conceived is like being punished to a slow death owing to environmental pollution that needs a reality check

Bite me

Early exposure to mosquitoes may help develop resistance to malaria where chances of infection are high

No formula food for premature babies, they too need mother’s milk: study

A study conducted at AIIMS busts the myth that babies born prematurely need complementary food

Mothers' gift

The benefits of breastfeeding babies include better intelligence, lower risk of cancer and asthma, and much more...

Landfill emissions poison breastmilk

After finding high levels of dioxin-related compounds in breast milk of women living near landfills, a Vadodara-based non-governmental …

India performs badly in breastfeeding, ensuring healthy diet to children

A report blames ineffective policies, lack of budget and the absence of better monitoring policies for poor performance

Biomonitoring breastmilk

In april this year, California became the first us state to introduce a bill to biomonitor breast milk. Activists and researchers hope that once …

Banking on mothers

A bank in Udaipur collects mothers’ milk; experts to chalk out plan to include it in national policy

Malnourished Children

S K Kabra , associate professor in the paediatric pulmonology division of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi talks to Nidhi …

Children of a lesser god

Children don't have a voice. They can't lobby or fight governments. The initiative lies with India's medical establishment and the civil society

Soft Target

Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their …

Breast-fed and fit

Mothers have their say

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We should be worried

Mother could be passing on toxins through breast milk

Fatherly instinct

Wrong tactics

Innocent victims

Breastfeeding by Hiv-infected women transfers the virus to the infants, says a study

Kids in danger

Experts oppose repeal of law promoting breast-feeding

Toxic, but preferred