I would hope that exclusively early breastfed children would not be subject to these practices in as great numbers! Family practices are really going down hill. Now I know why the slow food movement is catching on. http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ Judy Ritchie Excerpted: More than 60 percent of 12-month-olds had dessert or candy at least once per day, and 16 percent ate a salty snack. Those numbers rose to 70 percent and 27 percent by age 19 months. Thirty to 40 percent of the children 15 months and up had a sugary fruit drink each day, and about 10 percent had soda. The study also found that parents were ignoring widely accepted practices by allowing: - 29 percent of infants to eat solid food before they were 4 months old. - 17 percent to drink juice before 6 months. - 20 percent to drink cow's milk before 12 months. Shortcomings were more pronounced for families receiving financial assistance through the federal Women, Infants and Children program, the study found. More than 40 percent of WIC toddlers did not eat any fruit on the survey day, and those children also drank more sweetened beverages. Whole article, commissioned by Gerber: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA4I79Y7MD.html *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html