FAS is characterized by growth deficiencies, skeletal deformities, facial abnormalities, organ deformities, and central nervous system problems. ... Growth deficiencies, skeletal deformities, facial abnormalities, organ deformities and central nervous system problems are other outcomes of FAS. ... Central nervous system (CNS) problems include things such as a small brain, a faulty arrangement of brain cells and connective tissue, mental retardation, learning disabilities, and a short attention span. ...

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The chart begins with the heart and central nervous system at three weeks, 4-5 weeks heart, eyes, arms, and legs, 6-8 weeks ear, teeth, palate, and external genitalia, followed by the 9-16th week the brain. ...

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For example over the last decade the percentage of infants who were breastfed for the first six months in Sri Lanka has increased from 17% to 76% and from 23% in West and Central Africa to 47% in Eastern and Southern Africa (World Health Organization, 2011; UNICEF, 2011 as cited in Cook and Cook, 2014). ... DHA (docosahexonic acid) and ARA (arachadonic acid) are acids that are found in breast milk that have been identified as critical nutrients in the development of central nervous system neurons and in cell function (Innis, 2003; Lappillonne, Clark, & Heird, 2003, as cited in the Annual Editi...

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(Baby Center Advisory Board, 2012) One of the central factors of breastfeeding an infant within the first few months of life; include the nutritional aspects of breastfeeding, via the production of immunological properties and antibodies that are present in breast milk. ... Store bought formula does not contain the DHA and cholesterol that breast milk has, which help assists the infant's cardivascular and nervous system. ... An encouraging support system, such as breastfeeding group, and lactation consultant will increase the beneficial experience that breastfeeding can deliver. ...

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Their study, Fetal habituation to vibroacoustic stimulation in relation to fetal states and fetal heart rate parameters, proposes to prove that "fetal habituation to repeated stimulation has the potential to become a tool in the assessment of fetal condition and of the function of the fetal central nervous system," Heteren et al, 2000, p. 135). ...

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