Yes, and from what I've seen of TRIGR the infants were generally breastfed for a short period of time and there was no real "breastmilk only" control group...and Baby Friendly Hospitals were sucked into being a part of this.
How on earth any of these studies got through ethics I don't know! You could do the trial ethically with a breastmilk only control group and formula purchased at standard market rate.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

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From: Lactation Information and Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Teresa Pitman
Sent: Monday, 6 December 2010 8:39 AM
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Subject: Re: our competitors are clever and misleading

Nikki asked "I still wonder how parents can let their babies be randomly 
assigned to
receive either regular formula or the trial formula, to see which one is
least likely to induce diabetes."

I can tell you how it happens. Several years ago, I was a doula for a young 
single mother who was planning to breastfeed. Her doctor said to her: "I'm 
going to sign you up for a research study, and then you'll get your formula 
for free." She said she wanted to breastfeed. The doctor told her that most 
mothers gave up breastfeeding after a few weeks, and by then it would be too 
late to be in the study, and she'd have to pay for all her own formula. What 
if she didn't have enough milk, or had sore nipples and couldn't continue? 
Then what? Being in this study would save her hundreds, maybe thousands, of 
dollars.

How could a single mother with very little income say no to that? The doctor 
presented it as though it would be completely irresponsible of her not to be 
part of the study. The mother didn't even know what the study was about when 
she agreed to be part of it - although I'm sure at some point she was told 
and had official forms to sign. But the incentive was the free formula.

Teresa Pitman 

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