Pureed baby food is 'unnatural'
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Spoon-feeding babies pureed food could cause health problems later in life a Unicef childcare expert has warned.
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The journal Archives of Disease in Childhood has published a study that says breast milk loses antioxidants when it is refrigerated or frozen.
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Salmonella from a pet turtle killed a four-week-old baby earlier this year in a case that showed the reptiles are not safe for children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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Veggie Booty, a snack particularly  popular among small children, may carry Salmonella food  poisoning and should be thrown out, the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration said.
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LONDON -- Some artificial food colorings may stimulate hyperactivity in children, and parents may gain some benefit from preventing their children from consuming them, a government agency said Thursday.
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PAAIN - Routinely adding folic acid to foods like flour and pasta would significantly reduce the number of babies born with birth defects such as spina bifida, research showed.
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NEW YORK  - Feeding very low birth-weight  infants with mother's milk rather than formula doesn't seem to  improve their neurological development, researchers have found.
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PEOPLE are being exposed to toxic chemicals through the food they eat, according to a new report.  Traces of man-made pollutants, which are linked to health problems including cancer and foetal deformities, were found in every one of 27 food products tested.
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Babies born by Caesarean section may be at greater risk of food allergies during their first 12 months, research suggests.
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine are as  interested in a baby's poop as doting parents  are, and for good reason.  When a baby is born, so too is a new microbial ecosystem in the baby's  gut.
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Federal health authorities warned parents Thursday not to give babies a liquid herbal supplement marketed as a remedy for colic and teething pain because several bottles tested positive for a parasite that may have a sickened a 6-week-old infant in Minnesota.
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A new study links artificial food dyes and preservatives to an increase in hyperactivity in kids--but donât empty the pantry yet. An expert tells us what parents can learn from the new research.
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Fish could give you cancer, snails meningitis and baby milk may kill your children -- barely a day goes by without some new food horror story in China.
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Some artificial food colorings may stimulate hyperactivity in children, and parents may gain some benefit from preventing their children from consuming them, a government agency said Thursday.
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Mothers who fear their babies suffer from food allergies are largely wrong, research has found.
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Many parents struggle to know which foods are healthy for their children, a survey shows.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled food from certain cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as other food, opening the door for using the controversial technology in the U.S. food supply.