Sentences with phrase «undermining breastfeeding practices»

More damaging is the common donor impulse to send infant formula or breast milk substitutes to disaster zones, undermining breastfeeding practices already in place and efforts to get new mothers to nurse.

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While undermining breastfeeding with formula promotional practices that break UN marketing rules, Nestlé is running advertisements in several countries claiming to support World Breastfeeding Week and the First 1000 Daybreastfeeding with formula promotional practices that break UN marketing rules, Nestlé is running advertisements in several countries claiming to support World Breastfeeding Week and the First 1000 DayBreastfeeding Week and the First 1000 Days initiative.

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It is incredibly hypocritical of Thyme Maternity to profess a positive stance on breastfeeding while aiding Nestle in undermining the practice.

The violations observed in the shops, markets and health facilities, including promotion to health workers, indicate the presence of sales representatives; and unethical practices being used by manufacturers and distributors to promote breastmilk substitutes indicate that there is a high risk of undermining optimal breastfeeding practices.

Before the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative began to take hold across the US, commercial interests significantly influenced infant feeding practices in ways that undermined breastfeeding.

Since its inception over two decades ago, we have seen maternity wards transform from places historically infused with enormous influence from formula companies and default maternity care and infant feeding practices that undermined breastfeeding, to environments in which evidenced - based care is provided, education is free from commercial interests, and mothers are supported in reaching their infant feeding goals.

Baby Milk Action spoke to ask shareholders to also remember the babies that had died due to aggressive baby food marketing practices that undermined breastfeeding.

1,000 Days will not partner with manufacturers of infant formula such as Nestle, Danone, Mead Johnson, Abbott Labs and Honest Company or any company whose marketing practices undermine women's confidence to breastfeed or violate the International Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (the Code).

Breastfeeding gives children the best start to life yet 800,000 babies die each year as a result of practices that undermine women's ability to breastfeed.

The Private Practice Lactation Consultant Workshop: presented «Milk Synthesis: an Analysis of Existing Theories on «Making Milk» in Light of Current Research» and «Beyond Technical Skills: Counseling Skills to Defuse Issues That Undermine a Mother's Ability to «Hang in There» and Solve Her Breastfeeding Problems.»

It does not regulate or limit access to formula milk for which there is a legitimate market, but recognizes that usual marketing practices are unsuitable and have the power perniciously to undermine breastfeeding.

WHA Res 55.25 (4) «URGES Member States, as a matter of urgency to ensure that the introduction of micronutrient interventions and the marketing of nutritional supplements do not replace, or undermine support for the sustainable practice of, exclusive breastfeeding and optimal complementary feeding.»

Additionally, more needs to be done to regulate the multi-billion dollar breastmilk - substitute industry which undermines breastfeeding as the best feeding practice in early life.

«We shouldn't be blaming mothers that our rates were so low,» said Bartick, «because mothers are not supported well and their efforts to breastfeed are undermined by such things as poor hospital practices.»