> I agree with you.  To suggest that breastfeeding is only beneficial to the
> babies in poor countries or poor children in a rich country is a great
> disservice to babies who don't make the cut and makes a more developed
> country seem arrogant in their belief that breastfeeding is not all that
> important.  Who decides which babies are worthy?
>

And what about that recent U.S. study (don't have the reference handy at the
moment) that showed babies who were not breastfed were 25% more likely to
die of all causes during their first year? Surely that demonstrates pretty
dramatically the importance of breastfeeding even in a rich country?

Teresa Pitman
Guelph, Ontario

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