Each year across the EU, around 1,200 babies die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
SIDS is the unexpected death of a baby under one year of age that remains unexplained after a full investigation. Back in the 1990s, the American Academy of Pediatrics published clear recommendations for preventing SIDS, based on scientific data, which are well-known.
These include placing infants on their back to sleep alone in their crib, on a firm, flat mattress with a fitted sheet, with ...
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Anne Laure Sellier is professor of behavioural sciences at HEC Paris.