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Date: | Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:46:16 -0400 |
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I had to call Ross last week because someone is selling powdered ABM out of
their car & apartment in university family housing dorm here! They put up
fliers for 2 brands (one not made here anymore!)--don't know if it was
counterfeit, exprired, or whatever. I work with WIC & someone called us with
info. So I called Ross & they are investigating.
Anyway, I asked about 96 BF stats while I was on the phone. I was told that
they normally are released by now, but they got behind. I didn't know if
they just released national stats, or if individual states were available.
They said they don't normally release individual states, but this year they
are--from 1988-1996! Yeah! I am on a list to get the complete report, and
she said they hoped to have it out by the end of May. She was nice enough to
give me a few stats for our state over the phone. They are broken down into
BF in hospital & 6 mos, WIC only & All (WIC + non-WIC), and Exclusively BF &
"Total" BF, which is defined as excl BF + BF with any supplement--water, ABM,
etc. I just got their 800 # off one of those awful cans at work--yech!!!
Sandy Arnold BS, IBCLC
Bloomington, IN
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