Childless couples from all over the world bring home babies with help from India’s mushrooming Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) centres. But in their haste to hold their babies in their arms, commissioning parents tend to overlook the infant’s need for mother’s milk, despite the fact that is has been scientifically established that mother’s milk is a critical source of nutrition for the infant. A recent report of The New York Times quotes an online study, which after comparing babies who received formula with breastfed infants noted increased development in the white matter regions of the brain, including areas associated with planning, social and emotional...
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