Effect of sucking characteristics on breast milk creamatocrit Sadik Aksit, Nese Ozkayin and Suat Caglayan Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2002, 16, 355–360 This study done in Turkey shows the same thing. Their conclusion: In conclusion, milk volume is the most important factor affecting weight gain of exclusively breast-fed babies, and fat concentration of breast milk appears to be secondary to factors such as number of feeds per day, duration of breast feeding and milk volume. Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC NYC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html