Hey Diane--Yes, that was me a few years ago. I just went to Pub Med and put in the search term "breastfeeding." The number of articles that were returned was 29,747. You are going to have quite a mountain of research for your graphic comparison! I am so grateful that we have such easy access to this data through the magic of technology. I remember years ago having to sort through this stuff  by hand, journal by journal in the medical school library!


Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA






Date:    Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:51:40 -0500
From:    Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: can 13,000 studies be wrong?

Probably 10 or more years ago, I *believe* it was Marsha Walker who said
there were about 13,000 studies on infant feeding, a very few of which
*weren't* in favor of breastfeeding.  That captivated my imagination.  I
pictured this tall, tall, tall stack on one side, and a pitiful few inches
on the other.  I'd love to hear the updated figure, but undoubtedly the
pro-breastfeeding stack is now mountainous and the not-so-positive stack is
somewhat higher than it was but still not high enough to sit on comfortably.
Wouldn't it be *fun* for someone to do the math and create the visual?  Yes,
there are studies out there that don't say such great things about
breastfeeding.  Of course there are; those are the newsmakers and that's
what everyone loves to see.  But my gosh, compared with a mountain?  I
understand there's still a flat earth society out there somewhere, too, but
I don't think astronomers feel threatened.  It's a tribute to the
effectiveness of the marketing industry that *we* still need to work so
hard, given the size of the two piles.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY  USA  




 

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