Annelies--
Your English is pretty terrific, so please don't apologize! I'm so glad
you're going to write in response to that article. It was shocking there was
no mention of breastfeeding.

I would suggest that when you write the following paragraph, you consider
changing the perspective so that breastfeeding is the normal way to feed
babies (Diane Wiessinger's excellent article "Watch Your Language" in the
Journal of Human Lactation is a good start when trying to change how we talk
about breastfeeding.) Instead of saying that breastfed children have a
"lower incidence of ..." how about saying "Children who are not breastfed
have an increased incidence of ..." It's a slightly different way of saying
things, but I think it's very effective and makes breastfeeding the norm.

>But probably there is more. People who are breastfed as a child have lower
>incidence of illnesses that are related to the immunesystem, eg MS,
>juvenile diabetes, juvenile arthitis, juvenile cancer, breastcancer, less
>negative response to transplantations, and so on.


Good luck with your letter.

Leslie Ayre-Jaschke, BEd, IBCLC
Peace River, Alberta