Marsha wrote, "while we can certainly use this data to our advantage, I smell 
a rat."  

Well, yes, of course..... a human milk component called leptin is believed to 
be useful in combating obesity.  It has been patented (and I can't go into 
that on this list because it is considered off-topic).  The discovery and 
"invention" of leptin is considered useful in the pharmaceutical and food industry 
(infant formula, too)

I recognized a name on the list of researchers for the study on obesity in 
the journal, Circulation; and it was Ekhard Ziegler, professor of pediatrics at 
the University of Iowa.  This study was funded by the Infant Formula Council 
as well as the Foman Unit (which Ziegler is/was the director of).  The Foman 
Unit receives grants and conducts clinical trials for Ross, Nestle, and Mead 
Johnson.   Ziegler has received honoraria from these very same companies (stated 
in the study in Circulation). 

Ziegler is or was the medical director of the Iowa milk bank and he is also 
on the advisory council to HMBANA. see
http://www.uihealthcare.com/news/news/2001/08/05milkbank,html

http://www.hmbana.org/board.htm

Thus, an advisor to our human milk banking system, is paid by the infant 
formula industry.  But I guess that's OK cause we all have to learn to get 
along.....besides the WHO Code is unworkable in the USA.  So as long as we believe 
privately in the WHO Code, we needn't practice it publicly in our professions or 
institutions.
Valerie W. McClain

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