Yes, I thought that was obvious. They are indeed overweight. The hypothetical is whether they might need to be overweight in order to get enough nutrients from the artificial milk.
Jennifer in NY
On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Morgan Gallagher wrote:
> No, they wouldn't be misdiagnosed as overweight. They would be correctly diagnosed as overweight.
>
> Morgan Gallagher
>
> Jennifer Sokolow wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I recently saw this statement on an "ask the dietician" website:
>>
>> "if growth charts were based on breast fed infants, bottle fed infants would be misdiagnosed as overweight."
***********************************************
Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html
To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]
Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask]
COMMANDS:
1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail
2. To start it again: set lactnet mail
3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome