>Ellen Penchuk posted:
>Perhaps an influx of e-mails to Mr. Bock reminding him of the importance of
>human milk would be helpful. It would be nice to see 'exclusively and
>extensively' breastfed babies included in this study.

I do not think that that would be helpful at all. Mr. Bock appears to be a 
media contact, a liaison between journalists and people who are involved in 
the study. He might be able to direct comments to the appropriate person, 
but I very much doubt he's got any pull with regard to study design.

There's a lot of information at <http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/> 
for background on this study.

It's been in the planning stages for several years now while researchers 
have hashed out what data will be collected. As I understand it there'll be 
no special effort to either include or exclude exclusively and extensively 
breastfed babies, but diet will be considered. I don't know how 
specifically they define breastfeeding.

Rather than inundate poor hapless Mr. Bock with questions though, it might 
be better to make some queries through the Nation Children's Study website; 
e.g., see <http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/about/mission/index.cfm>

regards,
Julia

Julia R. Barrett
Freelance Science Writer & Editor
Mom to Sean (5) and Kira (2)
Madison, Wisconsin

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