«A mothers» own milk is the
superior food for premature
infants, and when a mother can not provide, donor human milk is the next best thing — it is truly life - saving,» says Peter Untalan, MD, a neonatologist and president of the board of trustees, The Mothers» Milk Bank at Austin.
This is about protecting sales of
infant formulas and weaning
foods heavily marketing to mothers in developing countries as
superior to breastfeeding, this despite vast amounts of evidence for the superiority of breastfeeding over any other method for promoting
infant health.