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Subject:	Re: a new starter formula for infants containing prebiotics
From:	Barbara Berges <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 1 Jan 2007 20:37:25 -0500
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Did anyone notice that the original study had just 138 subjects enrolled?
This is not enough of a sample size to indicate whether these formula
additives are safe or not.

Why is it that breastfeeding studies are not accepted as valid and valuable
even when much larger numbers are studied, but formula gets a pass with
these smaller numbers?

Barb Berges, BS, RN, IBCLC
near Cleveland, Ohio

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