This review article highlights the features of breastfeeding in case obstructed nasal breathing infants, special attention is paid to non-sucking or alternative methods bottle feeding with expressed breast milk for period when not possible formula supplementation necessary as an addition breastfeeding.Breathing through mouth considered a pathological adaptation due difficulty and associated dev...

Investigations into the prevalence of feeding problems among preschool children have found a remarkably high proportion are affected. Minde and Minde, reviewing the available epidemiological data, discovered that estimates of between 12-34% were usual.1 The sorts of difficulties that present to paediatricians tend to fall into two broad categories: refusal to eat (often found in association wit...

Empirical data indicate that the risk for childhood obesity and overweight increases when one or both parents are overweight or obese. Such an association, however, cannot be entirely explained only by biological factors. Based on available literature, we hypothesized that maternal emotion regulation might play a role in explaining the intergenerational transfer of overweight and obesity. We co...

Feeding problems are common in older people with advanced dementia. When eating difficulties arise tube feeding is often initiated, unless there is a valid advance directive that refuses enteral feeding. Tube feeding has many pitfalls and complications. To date, no benefits in terms of survival, nutrition, or prevention of aspiration pneumonia have been demonstrated. Careful hand feeding is an ...

congenital granular cell tumor (gct) is a relatively rare intraoral benign tumor, approximately 200 cases of which have been reported in the neonatal period worldwide. the newborn infant may have feeding problems and respiratory difficulties due to airway obstruction. this lesion may be diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography and simple resection is mostly required. we report a case of an adult t...

Background Eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (EDSD) are common in children with neurodisability, have physical non-physical causes. EDSD substantial impacts on the child family. Little is currently documented about what advice usually given by professionals, including interventions commonly used, informally constitutes ‘best clinical practice’. We aimed to identify current UK practic...