“For every health and developmental outcome breastfeeding confers significant benefits, but what’s the point of advising breastfeeding when patients live in a context where it’s nearly impossible.”
@drguddisingh speaking at the launch of @thelancet 2023 series on #breastfeeding
@drguddisingh speaking at the launch of @thelancet 2023 series on #breastfeeding
Katie Gilbert, managing director at M&C Saatchi World Services says that this is about caregivers being misled by an industry that spends over $3 billion on marketing every year. “People need to feel angry about this”
Formula milk is vital - it should be cheap and very high quality and parents should have a right to the best information about what it is and how it affects their children.
That means that no practicing doctor or midwife should take any money ever from the infant formula industry.
This series isn’t just about formula milk - it’s about the impact of commercial interests on child health and development.
A legal global treaty is needed to end the marketing of formula milk - this means putting the @who code into law.
A legal global treaty is needed to end the marketing of formula milk - this means putting the @who code into law.
The series is available here - thelancet.com/series/breastf…
Exceptional leadership by @richardhorton1
Exceptional leadership by @richardhorton1
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