Welcome to The Momologist™ News Report! In today’s inaugural episode, Sasha divulges valuable information about topics in education, health, finance and children’s product recalls. 

Sasha kicks off this month’s news report with a study about pandemic-related public school disruptions in the United States. She goes on to discuss important health research, including studies on the benefits of delayed cord clamping in preterm births, cardiovascular health benefits for breastfeeding mothers, and the dangers of phthalates in relation to pregnancy. Sasha also provides information about the child tax credit, the current rise in uninsured and underinsured children, and inflation with a focus on food and real estate costs. Finally, Sasha reviews notable recalls made for popular children’s products. 

Tune into this week’s episode of The Momologist™ for the very first Momologist™ News Report with host Sasha Culpepper. Learn more about important hot topics in children’s education, health and finance that every mom should be aware of. 

 

Notable Stats

• “For the week of January 10th, 2022, Burbio reported that there have been 6,273 K-12 pandemic-related public school disruptions in the USA.” (00:26-00:38)

• “Breastfeeding reduces mothers’ cardiovascular disease risk. Women who breastfed were less likely to develop heart disease or a stroke or die from cardiovascular disease than women who did not breastfeed according to a meta analysis published in a pregnancy spotlight issue of The Journal of the American Heart Association….Compared to women who never breastfed, women who reported breastfeeding during their lifetime had an 11% decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Over an average follow-up period of 10 years, women who breastfed at some time in their life were 14% less likely to develop coronary heart disease, 12% less likely to suffer strokes and 17% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease. Women who breastfed for 12 months or longer appear to be less likely to develop cardiovascular disease than women who did not breastfeed.”  (02:40-04:18)

• “An Australian-led study found that aiming to wait just 60 seconds to clamp the umbilical cord of very premature babies at birth continues to have benefits 2 years on, decreasing the child’s risk of death or major disability….Researchers found that delaying clamping reduces a child’s relative risk of death or major disability in early childhood by 17%. This included a 30% reduction in mortality before the age of two. In addition, 15% fewer infants in the delayed clamping group needed blood transfusions.” (06:42-07:56)

• “A third of US kids lack good and consistent health insurance…The rate of underinsured youngsters rose from 30.6% to 34%, an additional 2.4 million kids from 2016 to 2019 according to an analysis led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers.” (08:46-09:11)

• “According to a forecast published by Trading Economics, the cost of food in the US increased 6.3% in December of 2021, over the same month in the previous year. It is the highest food inflation since October of 2008. Food inflation is expected to be 5% by the end of this quarter. In the long term, the US food inflation is projected to trend around 2% in 2023 and 2.1% in 2024 according to their econometric models.” (10:18-11:01)

• “A Market Watch article published this month highlights that the shelter component of the inflation barometer increased .4% between November and December, down slightly from a .5% uptick the prior month. Nevertheless, annual growth set records. In particular, the component that measures the equivalent rent that homeowners would pay for their house rose 3.8% between December 2020 and December 2021, the highest rate since 2007...The median rent nationwide increased 17.8% over the course of 2021.” (11:03-12:24)

 

Episodes Noted:

Episode 1 - Preparing for a Non-Toxic Pregnancy with Emma Rohman

 

Education Segment Sources:

https://cai.burbio.com/school-ope