The original quote was:

"They show that breastfed infants are 80% less likely to die before age 1
year than those who never breastfed, even controlling for low birth weight."

Michelle asked: How do we turn this around? "Formula fed infants are ____
more likely to die in the first year."

The study authors from Brigham Young wrote it as though for every 100 deaths
in the formula-fed group, there were 20 deaths in the breastfed group.  That
makes the breastfed group 80% less likely to die before age 1 year.

If you said that the 20 deaths in the breastfed group were the norm, then
the formula-fed group, with 100 deaths, had 5 times as many deaths, or a
500% increase.

Formula-feeding increases the risk of death during the first year 500%,
compared to breastfed babies.

Kathy Dettwyler

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