Not exact matches
In response to accusations
about the company's aggressive promotion of
infant formula, Nestlé often quotes the fact that it is the largest private disseminator of breastfeeding
information, as if this were something breastfeeding advocates should be happy
about.
I asked a number of them on twitter what message they were going to take to Nestlé
about its unethical marketing of
infant formula and a few of them asked me what I would like them to ask or asked me to send them further
information.
The Code, which is designed to protect
infant health, expressly forbids the advertising of
formula products and clearly states that
information about infant nutrition should not come from the very industry that stands to gain the most by undermining breastfeeding.
When you're thinking
about whether or not you're going to breastfeed your baby, it helps to get all the
information you can
about infant formula and breast milk.
This is being left to small charities like First Steps Nutrition Trust, who have guides to
infant formula on their website, but we don't have any independent analysis to check whether the
information provided by the companies
about their products is accurate.
If families don't have access to impartial
information about the content and merits of
infant and young child
formula, they will be making the decision on which to choose by the way
formula is presented on the shelves, and by the marketing produced by the companies.
You'll also find all sorts of useful
information about breastfeeding,
infant formula and bottles, including how to correctly use and sterilise them.
For more
information, see the FDA's general Q&A
about bottled water and
infant formula.
Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative has published a statement on providing
information for parents
about the use of
infant formula and
formula feeding.
The International Code, which is designed to protect
infant health, expressly forbids the advertising of
formula products and clearly states that
information about infant nutrition should not come from the very industry that stands to gain the most by undermining breastfeeding.
The International Food
Information Council (IFIC) Foundation would like to correct media reports raising concerns
about infant formula containing ingredients produced using biotechnology (also referred to as «genetically engineered» ingredients or «GMOs.»
For more
information about food biotechnology and
infant formula, visit the following IFIC Foundation resources:
The International Food
Information Council (IFIC) Foundation would like to correct media reports raising concerns
about infant formula containing ingredients produced using biotechnology (also referred to as «genetically engineered» ingredients or «GMOs»):
The International Food
Information Council (IFIC) Foundation would like to correct media reports raising concerns
about infant formula containing ingredients produced using biotechnology (also refe
Medline Plus
infant formula page
Information about baby
formula from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
We welcome the opportunity to send you some general
information in response to concerns raised
about the company's marketing of
infant formula in developing countries.
This isn't a step away from the belief that there are risks to
formula feeding that parents need
information about, it isn't a divorce from the science that supports breastfeeding as the healthy normal food for a human
infant, this isn't a watering down of our commitment to help moms reach their breastfeeding goals, and it certainly isn't a sugarcoating of the issues surrounding
infant feeding and society.
A research team led by Jane Heinig at University of California Davis has developed a program called Secrets of Baby Behavior that was designed to give new parents the
information they need
about infant and breastfeeding norms to reduce unnecessary
formula supplementation and to help prevent childhood obesity caused by overfeeding.
Additionally, for this occasion, WABA is happy to present the professionally designed up version of the «21 Dangers of
Infant Formula» poster, sharing
information on the effects that
Formula companies do not want you to know
about.
Following up
infants who were given soy
formula as
infants for just 16 weeks (though serious damage can occur for at least the first nine months in boys and the first six months in girls) and failing to obtain any
information about whether the subjects in the study took soy
formula after the initial 16 - week study period or ate soy foods during childhood