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Some think Time magazine cover sucks

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 2:29pm

The cover of the latest Time magazine illustrates a story about 72-year-old pediatrician Dr. William Sears with a photo of a nearly 4-year-old boy standing and suckling at the breast of his 26-year-old mother.

Headline: "Are you mom enough?"

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'Nurse-in' staged at Layton Target

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 12:12am

LAYTON — A group of protesters decided to raise awareness Wednesday about the acceptability of breastfeeding at the Layton Super Target.

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Report: Fight fat in infants, toddlers

Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 11:48pm

WASHINGTON — A food pyramid just for the under-2 set? Contrary to popular belief, children don’t usually outgrow their baby fat — and a new report urges steps to help prevent youngsters from getting too pudgy too soon.

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Moms protest store that asked breast-feeding woman to stop

Chicago Tribune, Serena Maria Daniels

Last updated Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 3:55pm

DeKALB, Ill. -- About 40 mothers, a smaller group of fathers and a horde of babies and toddlers gathered Thursday on a downtown DeKalb, Ill., sidewalk in a "nurse-in" to protest a merchant who they say asked a breast-feeding mother to stop feeding her child in his shop.

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A busty year in Washington

Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 11:33pm

WASHINGTON — Breast-feeding news is busting out all over in Washington this year.

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Breast-feeding benefits academic performance 10 years later

Los Angeles Times, Shari Roan

Last updated Monday, December 20, 2010 - 3:56pm

LOS ANGELES -- Breast-feeding infants for at least six months appears to give children an advantage in school, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

Many other studies have also found a small effect on school performance from breast-feeding. This study, however, was unique in that boys appeared to benefit the most. The researchers, from the University of Western Australia in Perth, have followed 2,868 children since the early '90s. The study showed that, at age 10, boys who were breast-fed for six months or longer scored higher in math, reading and spelling compared with boys who were breast-fed for less than six months. Girls who were breast-fed for at least six months showed a small improvement in reading. The researchers controlled for other factors that could influence school performance, such as family income and education and how often the child was read to.

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