Ross Products just issued its Breastfeeding Trends report for 2003. Looks like formula companies, employers, and our culture in general are walking to the bank on the backs of babies and mothers. Any breastfeeding at all was 66%: down from 70.1% in 2002 Exclusive breastfeeding in hospital was 44%: down from 46.1% in 2002 Supplementation rates of 22% spells dollar signs for the infant formula industry. Do almost a quarter of breastfed infants in the US need to be supplemented? What a dismal state of affairs. Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC Weston, MA *********************************************** 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