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>My suggestion was to include breastfeeding as a
>means of preventing or lessening the severity of asthma in some kids,
>but of course I had no citations or recent studies in my little
backpack to share with them.
Teresa,
This is the Australian study that showed that introduction of
non-human milk before 4 months of age was associated with a
significant risk of asthma developing.
Oddy WH, Holt PG, Sly PD, Read AW, Landau LI, Stanley FJ, Kendall GE,
Burton PR, Association between breast feeding and asthma in 6 year
old children: findings of a prospective birth cohort study, BMJ
1999;319:815-9
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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia. mailto:[log in to unmask]
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