Breast Ironing

An African practice of "ironing" a girl's chest with a hot stone to delay breast formation is spreading in the UK to "protect" young girls from unwanted male attention, sexual harassment and rape, a media reported.

While some prior research has hinted at a link between meat consumption and breast cancer, recent research suggests that the iron in meat is probably not to blame

Infants who are extensively breast-fed for the first six months of life are less likely to have gastrointestinal problems.

Exclusively breastfed babies born after 37-42 weeks of gestation are less prone to iron-deficiency at the age of six months.

Breast feeding continues to be the norm in low income countries, but the period of exclusive breast feeding after birth is often short. Accumulating evidence of the benefits of exclusive breast feeding led to a recommendation by the WHO that it be done for the first six months of life.

An African practice of "ironing" a girl's chest with a hot stone to delay breast formation is spreading in the UK to "protect" young girls from unwanted male attention, sexual harassment and rape, a media reported.

While some prior research has hinted at a link between meat consumption and breast cancer, recent research suggests that the iron in meat is probably not to blame

Infants who are extensively breast-fed for the first six months of life are less likely to have gastrointestinal problems.

Exclusively breastfed babies born after 37-42 weeks of gestation are less prone to iron-deficiency at the age of six months.

Breast feeding continues to be the norm in low income countries, but the period of exclusive breast feeding after birth is often short. Accumulating evidence of the benefits of exclusive breast feeding led to a recommendation by the WHO that it be done for the first six months of life.