On March 7th the UK media was flooded with reports about scientists at the University of Bristol. They had announced important research results: bottle feeding can lead to obesity in later life.
Well that was
last week, which apparently is a decade in today's media world.
Because on March 9th, the media was overrun by reports of research at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, saying that formula feeding, even from birth, did
not lead to obesity later in life.
Check out the contradicting reports yourself:
Formula causes obesity:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/womenfamily.html?in_article_id=379080&in_page_id=1799Formula doesn't cause obesity:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060309081706.htmThe short interval between these two reports makes me ask:
1.) Is this a war between the UK media and the US media?
2.) Is this a war between breastfeeding crusaders and bottle-feeding advocates?
3.) Or is it just the world media stoking the headline fire?
4.) What on earth are parents supposed to make out of all this indecision?
LuckyB52 
