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Subject:
BF and SIDS
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"katherine a. dettwyler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 18 Dec 1996 11:57:07 -0600
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Ruthy writes:
>I attended a meeting given by a formal spokesman from the national SIDS
>ALLIANCE who stated that at the most recent International SIDS conf this
>summer that studies by Peter Fleming from Britain indicated that
>breastfeeding is not protective or risk reducing for SIDS supposedly


There is nothing recent on Medline by Peter Fleming about any study looking
at SIDS and breast vs. bottle.  Maybe he has not published his results yet?

The research done by Doren Fredrickson and colleagues, showing a 50%
decrease in risk of SIDS for each month of exclusive breastfeeding remains
the only good study of this variable that I am aware of.  I have forwarded
Ruthy's message on to Doren and asked him to respond......

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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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