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Katherine Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:33:52 -0500
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>From: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Breastfeeding article
>Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 18:07:02 EST
>
>Dear Dr Dettwyler,
>I write to ask for your permission to quote from the email you sent today
>in
>response to the article in the BMJ relating to breastfeeding duration and
>arterial thickening. I am a British mother and freelance journalist and am
>writing an article for publication in the UK publication 'Mail on Sunday',
>defending breastfeeding 'for as long as mutually desired' and pointing out
>that the Western diet is far more likely to have an effect on incidence of
>heart disease than extended breast feeding. I feel strongly that pregnant
>women and new mothers have enough to think about without having these new
>worries forced on them, and that a quick and balanced reply is required
>following media reports issued today. I would particularly like to quote
>from
>the passage relating optimal breastfeeding durations for humans and
>chimpanzees, the passage relating to the relevance of later nutrition, and
>the passage beginning 'I find it appalling that researchers...' Can you
>confirm also that Leeson et al's research is funded by infant formula
>companies? I have some awareness of the WHO marketing code for breastmilk
>substitutes as a member of the UK National Childbirth Trust.
>I look forward to your reply.
>Yours sincerely,
>Leonie Roberts

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