Hi all,
Has anyone seen the cover article of the October 14 Time (this is the cover
article of the international edition, probably not the american). Its a
fascinating article "A Tall Story of Our Time" about the science of
auxologists (they study average hight of ppl over history, and possible
causes for changes) they state that all over the world ppl are getting
taller and that this is an excellent measure of health of the population.
The reason I'm writing to you all about this is the glaring LACK of any
mention of breastfeeding as a factor. The article explains that humans have
two growth spurts, at infancy to age 2 and at adoloescence. They talk
extensively about how nutrition is a factor, as well as love and nurturing.
Well we know the best nutrition during that first growth spurt! They discuss
how the Spanish and Portuguese are shorter (didn't someone just post how the
BF rate there is abismal) and that the tallest ppl in the world are the
Dutch (isn't their BF rate really high?) They come so close to mentioning or
at least asking about BF as a factor of nutrition that effects average hight
But they just don't do it. Seems like a glaring omition to me!! Who do we
write to??? Author is Rod Usher

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