Thanks for the page number in the WHO Global Strategy. I was surprised by this document, actually: it says, "for those few health situations where infants cannot, or should not, be breastfed, the choice of the best alternative -- expressed breast milk from an infant's own mother, breast milk from a healthy wet-nurse or a human-milk bank, or a breast-milk substitute fed with a cup, which is a safer method than a feeding bottle and teat -- depends on individual circumstances." You can find it here: http://www.who.int/nut/documents/gs_infant_feeding_text_eng.pdf While the options are presented in the same order we've all heard, there's no clear indication that this represents any preference among them. I wrote to Denise Fisher, who uses the "fourth choice" information in her thoroughly referenced BreastEd courses, and Cynthia Good Mojab, who asked the question I found in the archives. They both wrote back promptly (thank you!) and steered me here: http://www.unicef.org/ffl/pdf/factsforlife-en-part5.pdf (see page 11), or for a one-page version of the relevant section look here: http://www.unicef.org/ffl/04/6.htm So now that I have a reference I will send off my letter to the NY Times and see what happens. Jamie *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html