Dear all: I can't help posting about a new paper coming out by the chair of my dissertation committee at Cornell and his wife, an anthropologist. *************************************** The paper is also available on-line as an early look publication in Maternal and Child Nutrition; it will appear in hard copy in January. Pelto, G.H., Zhang, Y. & Habicht, J.-P. (2009) Premastication: the second arm of infant and young child feeding for health and survival? Maternal and Child Nutrition. Doi:10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00200.x. In press. Preview online as of July 29, 2009 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122525377/abstract They also wrote a letter to Pediatrics to rebut the unwarranted conclusions drawn by Guar and colleagues that premastication transfers HIV, and that letter has been accepted. *************************************** Sometimes our obsession with sterility gets us in trouble. Best, Susan E. Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome