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There was an article in American Family Physician a couple of months ago
that hat a great table stating the relative risks of various illnesses in
formula-fed babies. E.g, "3-5 times more ear infections" etc. with
references.
Becky Saenz, MD, IBCLC
At 12:49 PM 06/19/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Since we're talking about benefits of breastfeeding and others' ignorance
>of these, I thought I'd ask a question that's been bugging me for awhile.
>Is there a publication that summarizes the medical benefits and
>*quantifies* them. The AAP statement says breastfeeding is better, but
>doesn't say HOW much better. I think that some of the unconverted need to
>hear numbers.
>
>Mari Douma, DO
>Lansing MI
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