ABA's PR person said pretty much the same thing on TV here- The authors 
spoke beyond their area of expertise. And then got onto the message- mothers 
want to breastfeed- we should support them
BTW the study in providing evidence for the idea that "formula is as good as 
breastmilk" cited 4 from the PROBIT study (the huge RCT of the 
implementation of BFHI in Belarus). The 4 studies cited looked at the impact 
of BFHI implementation (and lower of higher artificial feeding rates) on 
child behaviour, growth, dental caries, allergies/asthma- that's it. You'll 
get few people getting all het up saying you must breastfeed otherwise 
you're child will have behaviour problems or holes in their teeth. And to be 
perfectly frank any results from the PROBIT study on allergy and asthma is 
going to be questionable because the issue with allergic disease is exposure 
to allergens- and the only way to do this properly is a longitudinal study 
which records the time of the infant's first exposure to anything other than 
breastmilk There was nothing in the study that addressed the most common 
morbidities and mortalities due to artifical feeding, that is: diarrhoeal 
disease and respiratory infection.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

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> To their credit, the national broadcasting company invited breastfeeding 
> expert Gro Nylander to the studio on Tuesday and asked her to comment on 
> Carlsen's statements.  She said very clearly (I am paraphrasing from 
> memory here) that 'Carlsen knows a lot about hormones in pregnancy, and he 
> should stick to what he knows about, because he is far afield here - 
> contrary to what he says, we are constantly learning more about the impact 
> of breastfeeding on lifelong health.  All he has done is confirm that 
> women with certain hormone disturbances, struggle a bit more with 
> breastfeeding than average.'
 

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