>Heather,
>Thanks for posting this. Perhaps one of you in the UK could write a
>letter to the Guardian disputing Nestle's statement that WHO says
>formula is the only suitable alternative for babies of mothers who
>cannot bf.  They conveniently jump down to number 4 on the WHO's list of
>feeding alternatives for infants (mothers own milk from breast, mothers
>own expressed milk, donor milk, then formula.)


Letters in response are in today's Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,1212103,00.html

There is also a good (personal experience) article from a journalist
on the eve of the UK's Breastfeeding Awareness Week which points out
(correctly) that encouraging women to breastfeed is not enough - they
need the right help and support to do it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1212157,00.html

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, UK

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