Suck On This by Pat Thomas

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Compared to breastfed babies, bottlefed babies are twice as likely to die 
from any cause in the first six weeks of life. In particular,
bottlefeeding 
raises the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) by two to five
times. 
Bottlefed babies are also at a significantly higher risk of ending up in 
hospital with a range of infections. They are, for instance, five times
more 
likely to be admitted to hospital suffering from gastroenteritis.
    Even in developed countries, bottlefed babies have rates of diarrhoea 
twice as high as breastfed ones. They are twice as likely (20 per cent vs
10 
per cent) to suffer from otitis media (inner-ear infection), twice as
likely 
to develop eczema or a wheeze if there is a family history of atopic 
disease, and five times more likely to develop urinary tract infections.
    In the first six months of life, bottlefed babies are six to 10 times 
more likely to develop necrotising enterocolitis - a serious infection of 
the intestine, with intestinal tissue death - a figure that increases to
30 
times the risk after that time.
    Even more serious diseases are also linked with bottlefeeding.
Compared 
with infants who are fully breastfed even for only three to four months, a

baby drinking artificial milk is twice as likely to develop juvenile-onset

insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes. There is also a fi ve- to eightfold 
risk of developing lymphomas in children under 15 who were formulafed, or 
breastfed for less than six months.
    In later life, studies have shown that bottlefed babies have a greater

tendency towards developing conditions such as childhood inflammatory
bowel 
disease, multiple sclerosis, dental malocclusion, coronary heart disease, 
diabetes, hyperactivity, autoimmune thyroid disease and coeliac disease. 
Suck On This by Pat Thomas