>
>Heather writes:
>
>Well,  it's happened - a  student of mine reports a class last night when a
>  father reported he had read about  'a large scale study' showing 'a 
>breast fed baby is no healthier than a baby fed on 
>formula'.
>
>
>~ This seems to be a problem all over, people do not read studies, they 
>read articles that claim to report study findings.  This dad has read ABOUT  a
>study, relying on someone else to form conclusions, or even skew wordings,
>so  that the info that circulates may not even be representative of the
>actual  findings. I guess that is something we can share with people who hear
>about  studies?
>
>Peace,
>Judy


But Judy - he hadn't read about the study.

There never was a study.

He imagines he read about a study.

He hadn't read anything except the story about  Professor Kramer 
being the 'expert' who says (apparently) breastfeeding makes no 
difference (of course Prof K did not say that, but his words were 
spun to make it seem as if he had). This father then interprets that 
as 'a large scale study'.

That's why everyone needs to be careful how they talk to the media.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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