Nice, Nancy!  The IFC rep''s comment is hair-curling.
Nina Berry
Australia
On 26/09/2011, at 11:25 PM, Nancy Mohrbacher wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am excited to share an Associated Press article that I assisted with.  The reporter contacted me for the names and numbers of women who had received formula marketing bags from hospitals.  I had two hours to provide this information and by the time we reconnected I had 12 mothers ready and willing to talk to her.
> 
> The mother she chose to focus on, Jessica Ewald, is Kathy Baker's daughter.  Some of you may remember Kathy as head of La Leche League International's Peer Counselor Training program from its inception until it was eliminated.  Kathy died suddenly a year ago May and her passing was a great loss to breastfeeding advocates around the world.  WABA featured a tribute to her on its website.  I know Kathy would have been very pleased to see her daughter featured in this article.
> 
> The links below go to two different newspapers that carried this AP article, the Daily Herald, a Chicago suburban paper, and the Washington Post.  I only wish the reporter had known about the meta-analyses on the impact of hospital formula marketing on breastfeeding exclusivity and duration rather than posing this as a question.  We already know the answer!
> http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110926/business/110929889/
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hospitals-get-incentives-to-stop-giving-free-formula-amid-claims-it-undermines-breast-feeding/2011/09/25/gIQADDdPwK_story.html
> 
> Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA, LLLL, BFUSA BC
> Chicago suburbs
> http://www.nancymohrbacher.com/
> 
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