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Where does the six hour figure come from?
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Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 10 Dec 1997 06:42:17 -0600
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When responding to TIME and other publications that say it takes six hours a
day every day for a year to breastfeed a child according to the new AAP
guidelines, be aware that this six hour figure comes from the AAP guidelines
themselves, but they are referring to NEWBORNS in that sentence.  It is the
NEWBORN part that is being extrapolated to the entire first year of life.

Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition
Texas A&M University

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