Pat Gorman quoted a Healthy Start supervisor's remark to the effect that WHO thinks "a child has the right to divorce their parents". Well, now, I hate to disappoint the supervisor but there is no evidence anywhere in WHO's cumulative policy statements, or even in the reports of the expert groups that advise it, that would support this view. This is not the first time this particular red herring has been raised, however; it's brought up every now and again, apparently on the basis of a statement made by a private individual attending a consultation organized by WHO's Regional Office for Europe (Copenhagen) more than a decade ago. From the comment of an individual, no matter how influential, to WHO policy is quite a hike! Jim Akre, Nutrition unit, WHO, Geneva