Hi all
Of course, I am not really annoyed with Dr Buescher and I can see that
everything he says is accurate.  The difficulty is with communication.
Scientists are notoriously bad at communicating the significance of their
(exciting, fascinating, accurate) knowledge of their very specific areas of
expertise to the bigger picture. I am frustrated because I can see that the
US (even more than here, where at least we have decent initiation rates)
needs a strong consistent public health message - that breastfeeding is
important to human health. I don't think that most people understand that
such a piece is discussing one very limited area of immunobiology - and they
extrapolate (given an ambient culture that is hostile towards breastfeeding
- ar at least more supportive of artificial feeding) that breastfeeding
doesn't matter all that much after all - and that is what gets up my
...um... nose. 

Cheers
Nina Berry BA/Bed(Hons) Dip Arts(Phil)
Breastfeeding Counsellor
PhD Candidate - "Ethical Issues in the marketing of 'Toddler Milks'"

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