Infant Formula Marketing – Page 2

Useful links

Stop Infant Formula Marketing in Healthcare Facilities Useful Links and Resources U.S. Government Links The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding See: Action 6. “Ensure that the marketing of infant formula is conducted in a...

Supporting studies

Supporting Studies on Infant Formula Marketing Reference these studies when you talk to the media, healthcare providers, or hospital administrators. Studies on the prevalence of formula sample distribution in the U.S. 1. Sadacharan, R., Grossman...

A Guide to Meeting with Your Local Hospital

Posted April 5, 2016 / Infant Formula Marketing, Tools for Activists 0 0 0

Take Action: Stop Infant Formula Marketing in Health Care Facilities A Guide to Meeting with Your Local Hospital To increase the pressure on your local hospital to discontinue formula marketing, schedule a meeting with hospital officials...

Writing an Op-Ed

Posted April 5, 2016 / Infant Formula Marketing, Tools for Activists 0 0 0

Raise Your Voice to Keep Infant Formula Marketing Out of Hospitals Writing an Op-Ed 1. Find a news hook. You can have a great topic for your op-ed, but if it doesn’t relate to the current news, editors won’t pick it to be published. If...

Dollars and Cents

Posted April 5, 2016 / Fact Sheets, Infant Formula Marketing 0 0 0

The Dollars and Cents of Infant Formula The Economics of (Not) Breastfeeding Formula feeding costs between $800 and $2800 per year.[1] Breastfeeding saves families the cost of formula, as well as potential healthcare fees for infants that do not...

Marketing in Hospitals

Posted April 5, 2016 / Fact Sheets, Infant Formula Marketing 0 0 0

Fact Sheet: Infant Formula Marketing in Healthcare Facilities A 2013 CDC study shows that the majority (68.6 percent) of U.S. hospitals no longer distribute industry-sponsored samples of infant formula to breastfeeding mothers.[1]Formula makers...

Marketing in Doctors’ Offices

Posted April 5, 2016 / Fact Sheets, Infant Formula Marketing 0 0 0

Fact Sheet: Infant Formula Marketing in Doctors’ Offices and Health Clinics Download the fact sheet (pdf) Many healthcare providers unwittingly serve as marketers for the infant formula industry by allowing formula samples and other marketing...

Talking Points

Posted April 5, 2016 / Commercial Alert, Fact Sheets, Infant Formula Marketing 0 0 0

Put Infant and Mother Health Before Product Marketing Top Talking Points: Infant Formula Marketing in Healthcare Facilitiesi Hospitals and doctors’ offices shouldn’t be used as marketing vehicles for any product, period. This is especially the...

WHO Code Day of Action

Posted March 22, 2016 / Campaign Updates, Infant Formula Marketing 0 0 0

WHO Code Day of Action 2016 Join us in taking action to protect parents and babies from predatory marketing! On May 21, the 35th anniversary of the WHO Code, Commercial Alert and allies will launch a day of action to protect parents and babies...