Re: Keith Currie (economic of breastfeeding)

A good article to review:  "The cost of not breastfeeding:  a commentary:
by Janice M. Riordan in the Journal of Human Lactation 13(2), 1997
Abstract....."Additional annual national health care costs, incurred for
treatment of four medical conditions in infants who were not breastfed were
estimated :  infant diarrhea: $291.3 million; Respiratory syncytial virus,
$225 million; insulin-dep diabetes mellitus, from $9.6 - $124.8 million;
and otitis media, $660 million (these four alone create just over $1
billion of extra health care costs each year)....For the average family the
cost of purchasing formula is twice the cost of supplemental food for the
breastfeeding mother....

Other websites:

INFACT Canada
http://ww.infact canada.ca

Jane's Breastfeeding Related Links
http://webzone1.co.uk/www/cathus/janelink/htm

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Dorina Rico
Health Promotion Supervisor
Peel Health Dept. (905-791-7800 ext. 2223)