Shouldn't that be....

"Formula is much more difficult for the infant to digest than 
breastmilk.  Gastric emptying for formula is severely delayed.  For 
instance an average of 48 minutes for breastmilk, is delayed to an 
average of 78 minutes for formula."

;-)

Morgan Gallagher

Marijke Frings wrote:
> Dear Jessica.
>
> I looked it up in Riordan and Wambach:
> "Infants can digest breastmilk much more rapidly then formula. The average
> gastric half-emptying time for breastmilk is substantially less (48 minutes)
> than for formula (78 minutes)
> Cavell, 1981)"

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