Posts Tagged ‘Formula’
WHO says Countries failed to implement the Code of Marketing of Infant Formula
The global COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of protecting breastfeeding—the optimal nutrition for infants—to improve child health and survival. “I am seeing way too many emails from formula reps to hospital administrators who are trying to use the pandemic to sidestep state, industry or Baby Friendly guidelines on their in-hospital marketing practices,” tweeted Kimberly Seals Allers, author…
Read MoreIt’s 2020 and I still hear people say, “Mothers breastfeed because they cannot afford formula.”
A while ago my 6-year-old and his best friend talked about if chocolate milk comes from “special black cow” at a playdate. The conversation just made me and the other mother laugh. And then, randomly, I told the other mom, “you know there is actually a documentary called ‘chocolate milk.’ It is about breastfeeding disparities…
Read MoreThe real cost of breastfeeding
I wrote that “breast milk is free.” But I was wrong.
Read MoreThe Voice of Breastfeeding Community Needs to be Heard
With my colleagues at Asian Breastfeeding Task Force, I had a chance to present at the 14th Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina a while ago. At the conference, we presented on a panel entitled “Normalizing breastfeeding in Asian communities.” The focus of our presentation was on sharing the history and…
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