Looks good Magda but oooooh I so wish that breastfeeding was normalised in
the language....eg how much more powerful to say that not breastfeeding was
associated with a 106% increase in hospitalisations for diarrhoea as
compared to exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
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From: "Magda Sachs" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 7:02 PM
Subject: British Medical Journal clinical review of brestfeeding


>I am not sure how big the BMJ is in north america, but it is big here in
>the UK.  Today a clinical review of breastfeeding is published:
> Breast feeding
> Pat Hoddinott, David Tappin, Charlotte Wright
> BMJ  2008;336:881-887, doi:10.1136/bmj.39521.566296.BE
> http://www.bmj.com/current.dtl
> You will see that the Baby Friendly Initiative is given top billing as a
> way of addressing our UK issues with poor breastfeeding initiation and
> duration rates.  Since the NICE guidelines about 2 years ago, BFI has
> become mainstream in this country -- not that everywhere is doing it, but
> everywhere is now considering it.  I saw the programme director of UNICEF
> UK BFI on WEdnesday and she says they are starting to be rushed off their
> feet -- good news!
> Anyway, if you can access, enjoy the review!  I was one of the people who
> read it in draft and helped grapple with it -- the BMJ was very strict
> about the focus (of use to doctors, esp GPs) and the word count.
> Magda Sachs, PhD
> Breastfeeding Supporter, The Breastfeeding Network
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