Sentences with phrase «influenced by the formula companies»

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In addition to advertising, the main way that companies undermine breastfeeding is by influencing health workers — pediatricians, neo-natologysts, family doctors, midwives through training, dinners and sponsorship — including fully paid trips abroad and donations to Maternity Hospitals who order formula.

BFHI was developed as a response to the influence held by formula companies in private and public maternal health care.

But it is exponentially cheaper than infant formula, and impoverished mothers who have become convinced that their breastmilk is not good enough for their child (hospital staff are frequently influenced by infant formula companies) often end up buying powdered milk instead of formula for their baby because it is all they can afford.

Ruth Lawrence, the American Academy of Pediatrics» breastfeeding committee's past chair, says formula companies» influence has shaped U.S. policy in a variety of ways, for example by inhibiting U.S. hospitals from joining UNICEF's Baby - Friendly Initiative, which requires hospitals to promote breastfeeding and refuse promotional handouts from formula makers.

The formula shows that dividend growth is influenced by a company's profitability and dividend payout ratio.