His first research, done in 1975, was on the impact of advertising of
commercial infant foods on infant feeding practices in the West Indian country of St. Vincent.
Less commonly consumed foods included other beverages such as tea, coffee, sugar - sweetened drinks, formula milk, breast milk, milk - based desserts,
commercial infant foods, and egg and egg - based dishes (Table 2).
Not exact matches
Both probiotics and prebiotics have been added to some
commercial infant formula and child
food products to improve intestinal health.
Organic Brown Rice Cereal — Did you know that baby's first
food does not have to be a
commercial infant rice cereal?
Infant cereals have typically been recommended as a first
food by many pediatricians because
commercial baby cereals are fortified with iron.
In this instance, you should use a fortified
commercial infant cereal and consult with your pediatrician on the best
foods to offer as «first»
foods; you may be surprised to hear your pediatrician recommend adding meat to baby's diet!
Many
infants are introduced to strawberries earlier than 12 months old; most often when they have been eating Stage 2
commercial baby
foods.
Worldwide promotion of
infant formula and other
commercial baby
foods is leading to increased use of these products, raising concerns about their impact on the health of
infants.
Iron supplements should be given daily to non-breastfed
infants according to national protocols if a daily vitamin - mineral supplement, iron - fortified
food, or iron - fortified
commercial formula is not available.
Commercial infant formulas are the most highly regulated
food, and are carefully quality - controlled and manufactured to the highest industry and government standards.
«106 Some medical researchers preferred
commercial baby
food because its large - batch preparation allowed for nutritional uniformity, an asset to their research studies.107 The American Medical Association's Council on Foods, a governing body of doctors, in 1937 issued a report on
infant feeding of fruits and vegetables.
During approximately the same time period as
commercial baby
food was being developed, the average age at which
infants were first fed solid
foods, including fruits and vegetables, was decreasing.
In the 1920s
food corporations and pharmaceutical companies developed and marketed a second generation of
commercial infant formulas, the availability of which contributed further to the decline and duration of breastfeeding.
«97 Cook further explains that «this mode of depiction... represent [s] her viewpoint and perhaps her desires or aspirations for what they presume she hopes to see,» a happy, contented
infant or child.98 Thus in the early years of
commercial baby
food production, the Gerber Baby sketch, along with a good percentage of baby
food advertising, which featured the matriocular gaze of babies seeking to connect with the mother - consumer, proved visually distinctive and commercially compelling.
A convenience
food created by manufacturers and advertisers, admired by doctors and health professionals, and welcomed by mothers,
commercial baby
food grew in popularity, its growth fueled by changing notions of
infant feeding, the discovery of vitamins, and a nascent advertising industry.
The elimination of
commercial influence and inducements to artificial feeding by the
infant foods industry remains a key struggle in IBFAN's efforts to restore breastfeeding to its rightful place as the foundation for a child's healthy growth and development.
Did you know that baby's first
food does not have to be a
commercial infant rice cereal?
15 Begin, as the Special Rapporteur on the Right to
Food recommends «by regulating the marketing of
commercial infant formula and other breastmilk substitutes, in accordance with WHA resolution 63.23, and by implementing the full set of WHO recommendations on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes and of
foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children, in accordance with WHA resolution 63.14.»
«WABA believes that programmes related to
food and nutrition, health care and development and, especially programmes on
infant and young child feeding, should be free from
commercial influence and conflicts of interest» advocates Dato Anwar Fazal, WABA Executive Director; «this is especially since optimal breastfeeding, including early, exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and continued adequate breastfeeding for up to two years or longer constitute the primary intervention to prevent child mortality worldwide.»
Increasingly prebiotics are being added to many types of processed
foods such as
commercial yogurt and dairy drinks, nutrition and meal replacement bars, «green
foods», functional wafers, cereals and cereal bars as well as
infant foods and formulas.
Those of you who are feeding your colicky
infant a
commercial formula would do best to switch to a homemade whole
food product for reduction of symptoms.