Infant formula ruling aims to protect breast-feeding RNZ Maja Burry The Commerce Commission has given interim approval to tighter controls on infant formula. The change will mean manufacturers will not target advertising at parents of babies...
READ MOREPresenting Breastfeeding As A Choice Is Contributing To Black Infant Deaths Kimberly Seals Allers HuffPost The current and much-needed national conversation regarding America’s black maternal and infant mortality crises is missing a critical...
READ MOREBaby Formula Industry Has A Long History Of Undermining Breastfeeding Moms Huffington Post Eleanor Goldberg Breastfeeding advocates were outraged this week after The New York Times reported that the U.S. took drastic measures to try to block an...
READ MOREHow Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food New York Times Andrew Jacobs and Matt Richtel Children’s squeals rang through the muggy morning air as a woman pushed a gleaming white cart along pitted, trash-strewn streets. She was making...
READ MOREBaby Formula Industry Spends More On Marketing Than Governments Do Supporting Breastfeeding Moms HuffPost Eleanor Goldberg Research continues to show that breastfeeding is the ideal nutrition option for babies. Yet worldwide breastfeeding rates...
READ MOREIt’s Time to Put Infant Health Over Corporate Wealth Take action today to hold companies accountable for unethical marketing tactics aimed at parents. If you are a parent, it’s a story that you are probably familiar with: emotionally appealing...
READ MOREBreast-feeding can combat climate change devex Jennifer Ehidiamen Combating the impact of climate change is one of the biggest issues facing the global development community. But one nutrition expert at UNICEF has suggested a major and...
READ MOREBreastfeeding: how one group fought the spread of formula milk in refugee camps The Guardian Brooke Bauer When my Nurture Project International colleagues and I first arrived at the Eko camp near Idomeni in Greece, it looked like Glastonbury –...
READ MOREAllergy-proof? Intelligence booster? FDA looks to rein in health claims for baby formula STAT Sheila Kaplan If you’ve ever seen the astonishing array of infant formula sold in supermarkets, you might wonder if the stuff can really make your baby...
READ MOREMPs back fresh curbs on ‘misleading’ formula milk marketing claims A Scottish National party MP has received unanimous Commons backing for new legislation to curb “misleading and scientifically questionable claims” in the marketing of...
READ MOREBaby Food Marketing Often Contradicts Expert Advice UConn Today Daniel P. Jones Marketing for baby and toddler food and drinks often contradicts the advice of health professionals, using messages that may lead parents to believe these commercial...
READ MORENew regulations prohibit hospitals from providing gift bags with formula marketing materials NEWS 10 Joe Gullo New regulations by the New York Department of Health will prohibit hospitals and affiliated clinics from giving out gift bags that...
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