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"Katherine A. Dettwyler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:34:55 -0600
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Dr. Doren Fredrickson's work (he's an MD/PhD from Kansas) suggests a
dose-response relationship for breast milk and health outcomes.  The more
milk the baby gets, the better the health outcome; the longer the baby gets
breast milk, the better the health outcome.  Some of the studies that
included duration of breastfeeding found statistically significant health
differences between formula-fed babies and babies who had only had a few
days of breast milk.  The more the better, but every ounce of liquid gold
will help enormously.  Dr. Fredrickson's chapter in "Breastfeeding:
Biocultural Perspectives" talks about this dose-response relationship and
cites a number of studies that support this view.
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Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.                         email: [log in to unmask]
Anthropology Department                               phone: (409) 845-5256
Texas A&M University                                    fax: (409) 845-4070
College Station, TX  77843-4352
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