>It may not have been written by
>a journalist, but may come from a press release by the MRC people.  It's
>a shame the journalists don't know enough to question what's given ....

Precisely.

This is the worry when findings are disseminated in the press. It may not
even have come from an MRC  press release but a formula manufacterers'
press release, or filtered through their press office, at leats.

In my experience, journalists do not know about infant feeding issues,
unless they themselves have babies...and then it's even more risky,  as
they then think they do know : (

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK