breastfeeding-effects.info - Effects of Breastfeeding, Other than the Usual Claims

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Apparent Effects of Breastfeeding

(Letters containing basically the contents below were sent twice to Surgeon General Benjamin and to responsible officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the three doctors' associations that deal with this topic (pediatricians, family physicians, and obstetricians & gynecologists).  As of 2 and 8 months later, not one reply received has said anything to criticize any of the points below . )

The presumed benefits to infants of breastfeeding have been determined on the basis of observational studies, which can find "associations," from which only "inferences" can be drawn. This is acknowledged by Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, in her "Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding 2011" (p. 33). 1  Observational studies conducted in Florida would find that sunshine is "associated" with a high death rate, and people could overlook the unusually advanced ages of many Floridians when finding this correl

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