This turned up in the paper today:

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/346/region/American_kids_are_getting_fatt:.s
html

a snip:
"By 1998, nearly 22 percent of black children ages 4 to 12 were overweight,
as were 22 percent of Hispanic youngsters and 12 percent of whites,
according to researchers who analyzed data from a national survey."

Nowhere in the article is formula mentioned (this shouldn't surprise me,
last year one of the glossy news weeklies had a "precocious puberty" cover
story and never mentioned soy formula). But don't the rates kind of match?
It seems that, for instance, approximately twice as many Black children are
overweight than white, but then approximately twice as many Black children
also grow up on formula. Could it be a coincedence? I realize there are
almost ALWAYS a combination of factors making someone overweight, but it
seems a pretty obvious oversight, at least through my "breastmilk lenses".

I found this on the JAMA site, but was unable to access the full text
without membership. If anyone has membership can they tell me if ABM is
mentioned anywhere in the article?

http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/current/abs/jbr10287.html

Michelle DePesa

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