Indeed, «banning the bags» has increasingly become a point of pride, with hospitals issuing press releases when they opt not to
gift free formula.
Not exact matches
* More than 100 groups ask 2,600 hospitals to stop samples * Advocates say
free samples undermine breastfeeding * Industry says giveaways offer information By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters)- New parents leaving U.S. hospitals often take home a corporate
gift along with their babies: a tote bag filled with infant
formula.
I was media - savvy enough to understand that the pro-breastfeeding pamphlet included in my Similac - sponsored
gift was just lip service, but obviously they were sending mothers a mixed message by offering
free formula samples along with a small booklet of advice to help with all the potential problems we might face if choosing to breastfeed: Breastfeeding is hard.
(2) No manufacturer or distributor of any infant
formula shall provide for promotional purposes any infant
formula free or at a reduced or discounted price, or any
gift designed to promote the sale of an infant
formula, to --
The hospitals can either stop accepting
free gifts from the
formula companies (a good idea, in any case) or only accept
formula in smaller bottles.
Not only is my kiddo alive because hydrolyzed
formula exists, but I'm not in debt because they gave me tons of
gift checks and boxes of
free powder after I talked to their call center reps about our situation and her condition, and how my insurance wouldn't pay for the special
formula.
The specific
gifts may have changed over the years, but back then I got a few
free cans of
formula in the mail and some Enfamil checks that worked like coupons.
Display positive images of breastfeeding in your office and encourage the elimination of practices that interfere with breastfeeding (
free formula, industry
gifts, or coupons to parents, separation of mother and infant, inappropriate feeding images, etc..)
If passed by the full Knesset, hospitals will no longer accept
free formula and other
gifts from manufacturers.
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Hospitals can take a stand against
formula marketing, following Massachusetts» lead and banning
gifts of
free formula or going as far as New York City and locking it up.
Here is a list of hospitals and birth centers nationwide who no longer handing out
free gift bags with
formulas and coupons.
Massachusetts has become the second state in the country whose hospitals ban
free formula gifts to new moms — more than six years after then - Gov.
For more than 40 years,
formula makers have supplied hospitals with
free formula and newborn «starter pack»
gifts for new mothers.
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This film is perfect for anyone who has ever struggled to breastfeed her baby, who dislikes the over-medicalization of childbirth, who feels uncomfortable with the pressure of hospital procedures, and who has wondered about the many «
gifts» of
free formula, bottles, and diaper bags that accompany many women home from the hospital.