Pamela writes:
"I was "consulted" by someone involved in a research study.  The
babies will
have been exclusively breastfed for the first 18 weeks, then
introduced to
some weaning foods and the plan is to stop breastfeeding completely
at 24
weeks."

I think I would have a real problem having anything to do with this
study as reported.  Is it ethical to place subjects in a group and
dictate that they do something of known harm?  Would it be ethical,
for example, to divide a group of pregnant women into two groups and
tell one group to drink alcohol daily in order to research how much
would be likely to cause FAS?  This is, of course, the challenge in
breastfeeding research.  If we accept that breastmilk is what babies
need and AIM in harmful, how can we justify a study that asks a
mother to give her baby less than what is already established that
they need?
Winnie

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