>Cate Colburn-Smith, co-author of The Milk Memos and a current 
>speaker in the Conscious Woman webinars, has a really cool analogy 
>for how we approach other health issues:  Suppose your friend 
>routinely eats 3 Big Macs a day.  What will your initial approach 
>be: to talk about the satisfying crunch of carrots?  Or to say, 
>"Three a day!  Do you know what that's *doing* to you??"  We may get 
>into the tasty health foods and easy recipes later on, but the first 
>thing we do is talk hamburgers.

Bad analogy, sorry, Diane!

What friends feel comfortable saying to each other is *different* 
from a message to millions of people who are not friends.

  A pregnant woman comes into the antenatal  clinic and says she eats 
3 Big Macs a day, or lets  make it even worse,  washed down with 20 
cigarettes and a snort of cocaine.

Does her midwife say 'Oh,  no, do you know what that is *doing* to you?'

I hope not.  You  open a dialogue with her about her lifestyle, and 
explain in a non-judgemental, serious but not outraged way, that this 
dialogue is needed because what she is doing is harmful  to her 
health and that of her baby.

In the same way, public health messages begin a dialogue, raising 
awareness first, and without making people feel stupid.

I was not aware that the log rolling and bull riding pregnant women 
came in *after* the formula manufacturers intervened - that's not my 
understanding (this is in reply to  Felicia's post). Can someone 
confirm this?

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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