I've had a brief look at the paper and it appears to me that there were not
comparing breastfed to non-breastfed babies but a group that had an
intervention to increase breastfeeding exclusivity and a control that did
not. Most babies in the intervention group were NOT exclusively breastfed at
3 months. Hmmm.
Do others read this similarly? Have any comment on what conclusions can be
drawn.
Karleen Gribble
Australia


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> This looks like a followup of the PROBIT study in Belarus which also found
no benefits related to asthma.
> One suggested contributory factor was that working mothers generally stay
home for several years. There are few, if any, babies and toddlers in what
we know as Day Care.
> Need to pull out the PROBIT study and review that in light of this new
Belarus study.
> Phyllis
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> Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
> Glendale, AZ.
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