Friday, March 10, 2006

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Are Reese and Ryan on the rocks?

Are Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe really on the rocks just days after her huge Oscar win for “Walk the Line?”
If you believe the headlines, they are. But the question is, should you believe them?
Certainly, Reese and Ryan are giving no indication of love on the rocks.
“He's incredibly gracious and wonderful,” Reese told us.
“She's a tremendous woman to begin with. A special woman,” Ryan beams of his wife.
Despite these declarations of love, Reese and Ryan's marriage is being dogged by ugly headlines.
The latest in the new issue of Life & Style claiming Reese and Ryan are in a “marriage crisis.”
Then again, this is the same magazine that was wrong just two weeks ago with claims of a Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes split.
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Bottle-Feeding Does Not Raise Child Obesity Risk

Breast-fed babies, so the prevailing wisdom goes, are less likely to have weight problems later in life. Introducing solid foods later -- at about four or six months -- is also thought to reduce the risk of being overweight later in childhood.

But the results of a new study question that wisdom, suggesting that bottle-fed infants aren't at higher risk for weight gain compared to their breast-fed peers.

"We found there were no differences in body fat [overall] at age 5 between breast-fed and formula-fed infants," said lead researcher Dr. Hillary Burdette, a nutrition specialist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Her team also found no association between introducing solid foods earlier than recommended and excessive pediatric weight gain.

The findings are published in the March issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, exclusive breast-feeding is recommended for a child's first six months of life and then breast-feeding, supplemented by foods, is recommended up until 1 year of age. Solid foods are best introduced at 4 to 6 months of age.


"There have been lots of studies on [infant] feeding and obesity," but those studies "have had conflicting results," said Burdette, who is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.