Thanks for posting this article Karen. It is significant I think that the
low breastfeeding category included babies that were getting quite a lot of
breastmilk (1-57% of milk for 2-7 month old babies) because they did not
have many women who were giving small amounts of milk.  The case studies are
much appreciated also.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> Check this article out. The entire article is available online at:
>
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> received no breast milk compared with those who received only breast
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> low mixed feeding group (odds ratio=A0=3D=A01.6) and among infants
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> breast milk compared with those who received only breast milk (odds
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> =3D=A01.7). Conclusions.=A0=A0Breastfeeding protects US infants against
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> dose-response manner.

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