A few items of note:
- Drink milk. Overall, children in the U.S. are not consuming the recommended amount of dairy products, and the ones they do consume are too high in fat.
- Eat fish. New recommendations from 14 physicians and a number of leading professional and governmental groups say pregnant and breast-feeding women should eat at least 12 ounces of fish or other seafood a week, because “the benefits for infant brain development outweigh any worries about mercury contamination.” A seafood industry trade group gave the coalition $60,000, but the doctors defended the independence of their work. Others note the recommendation comes without an upper limit or a mention of the need to avoid mercury-contaminated fish.
- Don’t eat lead. Yep. More toy recalls. They include Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks, Pirates of the Caribbean medallion squeeze lights, certain water bottles, keychains, and a variety of bookmarks and journals (with designs for breast cancer awareness and Winnie the Pooh, among other things).