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Date: | Mon, 20 Jul 1998 21:57:35 EDT |
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Hi all--Joy Berry-Parks here, using Dr. Smillie's computer (and home, and
office, and support) to do my research on factors influencing breastfeeding
durations (i.e, how moms who nurse longer differ from moms who nurse for
shorter times).
It is nice to be in contact with you all again! Talk about network
support--a
week of lactnet-free existence has made a negative impact on my life!
At any rate, my question is this: I have been searching the archives for
info
on asthma prevention through breastfeeding. There is a taskforce here
working
on asthma, but no one is looking at breastfeeding, and the director of the
whole project wants some info to present so the people higher up (the
funders,
I suspect) can be persuaded to support breastfeeding.
What I have found is that (at least on Med Line) there is not much info to
support the idea that bf reduces a child's risk for asthma. Yet I know
I have read somewhere (sound familiar?), at some point, that there was a
negative correlation.
Does anyone have any hints on how to hit this info in the archives (have
tried
asthma prevention and asthma) or just new info? I have spoken with the CBI
at
LLLI and they do not list asthma as one of their "packets" of info (research
on
specific preventative effects by bf on different illnesses and problems).
Any help, as usual, is greatly appreciated.
By the way, the research is going wonderfully. A full report will be
forthcoming.
Joy Berry-Parks
self-directed breastfeeding researcher (finally!)/anthropology student, LLLL.
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