Pam wrote:
>We get a monthly magazine from our local hospital; a national "rag" with
>the covers personalized for different hospitals.  The title is "Health and
>You."  In it this month was a feature article on calcium, how it is
>necessary to have so much dairy in your diet, etc.  Guess what the
>accompanying photo was?  A man feeding a baby a bottle.  EECCKKKK!!!!
>I can't stand it.  My blood pressure skyrockets when I see these things!!!!
>Not one word about breastmilk in the whole article. When are they going to
>GET IT???

Pam, who do we write to?  Not only does baby get calcium from mom's milk,
but of course mom's bone health is also better if she breastfeeds.
Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition
Texas A&M University