Who makes Infant Formula? The infant formula industry is Big Business. Wondering what else infant formula manufacturers produce? Check out the products made by the three largest producers of infant formula in the U.S. (Click on the links below to...
READ MOREStop 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...
READ MORESupporting 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...
READ MORETake 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...
READ MORERaise 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...
READ MOREThe 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...
READ MOREFact 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...
READ MOREFact 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...
READ MOREPut 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...
READ MOREWhen Whites Just Don’t Get It: Breastfeeding is not a “personal behavior” By Alison Stuebe Breastfeeding Medicine In this aside about infant feeding, Kristof misses the crucial role of structural barriers that prevent women from breastfeeding –...
READ MOREWHO 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...
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