I do think the article is intially 'in your face' about it, and I think most women will stop reading at that point, but I think the article has some very good points to make about other things, especially the support (lack of), education (we might make an informed decision but not all of us do), issues that need to be addressed at government level, and social too. If they only toned it down a little at the start!

I might contact them to see if they have references in regards to the studies, but I believe it is an evidence based magazine, so I wouldn't say they are making it up. Statements like they are twice as likely to get diabetes etc I would imagine they make a comparison of those who have diabetes, how many were FF and how many were BF etc. I guess they look at the statistics and survey them to see which was the go, but I will see what I can find out.

Thank-you for keeping this discussion open and level minded, I wont be in today but I will make sure Moderators keep an eye on it, as I don't want it to get out of control. And those who read it, please read the whole thing even though it is long, don't get put off or emotionally driven by the first few bits which are attention grabbing as there are important issues this article is trying to address behind that.