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Related Topics WIC program continues to serve low-income women, infants (The MidWeek) - Forty-four percent of all the babies in Illinois are in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, a federal nutrition program disbursed through the state to help at-risk pregnant women, and to protect their babies’ prenatal development and health after birth. Record Number Of Infants Born In U.S. In 2007, Preliminary Data Finds (Medical News Today) - A record number of infants were born in the U.S. in 2007, according to provisional data released last week by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, USA Today reports. According to the data, there were 4,315,000 births in 2007, which some demographers say could signal a potential infant "boomlet," USA Today reports (Jayson, USA Today, 7/17). Day care babies gain more weight: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Infants cared for by someone other than mom or dad are more apt to be exposed to "unfavorable" feeding practices and to gain more weight during their first year of life, a new study shows, which could contribute to childhood weight problems. |
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