The article on formula-feeding and obesity can be found in the journal Circulation at the following site and freely downloaded: _http://www.circulationaha.org_ (http://www.circulationaha.org) It is a study done only on formula-fed infants and is especially fascinating when you look at who funded the study: NIH Infant Formula Council (now the International Formula Council) The study was done in part at the Fomon Infant Nutrition Unit at the University of Iowa which receives research grants from and conducts clinical trials for Ross Products, Mead Johnson, and Nestle. Two of the authors receive money from the same companies. While we can certainly use this data to our advantage, I smell a rat. This may be some preliminary work on changing the composition of infant formula to reduce its protein levels in an effort to prevent overweight and diabetes. There have been a number of other publications calling for a look at the enormous amount of protein contained in formulas. Any new formulas based on this type of research would be able to claim that the product reduced the changes of overweight in adulthood. Stay tuned. Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC Weston, MA *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html