Here is a perspective on risk based approach that I have been thinking about, tell me what you all think.
   
  Even if the risk-based approach is well-done and clear to the class, it is still just a bunch of numbers.  I have been experimenting with equating LACK of breastfeeding with other risks that are familiarly looked at as unacceptable. I found this approach effective with healthcare providers and haven't tried it with regular expectant parents.
   
  The two I have come up with so far:
   
  1. Not breastfeeding is approximately same (slightly higher) IQ loss as lead poisoning.
  2. Not breastfeeding causes increased childhood cancer risk approximately the same as second-hand smoke exposure increases cancer risk.  
   
  Childhood cancer references
    
   Lymphoma (Mather, 1993 and Davis, 1998)  
   Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Shu, 1999)  
     Davis, M.K. Infant Feeding and Childhood Cancer. "Lancet 1988

  Karen Seroussi, LLLL, IBCLC, MS-2
  Des Moines, IA

 
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