Don’t Believe Every Breastfeeding Study You See…
. . . until you’ve asked some important questions.
Breastfeeding is a hot topic in the news, guaranteed to drive up page views and unique visitors. Best for Babes is very concerned about any news outlets that are exploiting breastfeeding’s celebrity status and putting out information to the public before the study can be cross-examined by leading media peers and reviewed and digested by the scientific community.
And from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine blog…
What did that study really show?
Betinna Forbes’ provocative blog, “Don’t believe every breastfeeding study you see,” got me thinking about what the media, and the general public, understand about scientific studies.