[Capriole]

i read a study that said that breast feeding could possibly reduce the occurences of breast cancer, and this could be why it occurs less frequently in less developed countries, because they are generally having more children, and they breast feed them instead of using formula.

Actually, it's just the opposite: one of the problems for health-care workers in undeveloped countries is to persuade women to breast-feed their children. They tend to want to give formula as being somehow more modern or healthier, when in fact formula is nowhere near as good for babies, doesn't provide the immune protection of breast milk, and often has to be prepared with water that's less than clean and/or put into bottles that aren't sterile. So to reduce the incidence of fatal infant diarrhea, health workers try to talk poor women into saving their resources to feed themselves better and giving breast milk to their babies.

[nothingnew]

fatal infant diarrhea

Never heard of FIDs before. Is it like FSDOTM (Fatal Senatorial Diarrehea Of The Mouth) like ted the swimmer" kennedy and boxer have?

FMCDH(BITS)

[Aggie Mama]

They tend to want to give formula as being somehow more modern or healthier, when in fact formula is nowhere near as good for babies, doesn't provide the immune protection of breast milk, and often has to be prepared with water that's less than clean and/or put into bottles that aren't sterile.

I refuse to buy any Nestle product for that exact reason. They push formula in these countries. It's really terrible.