infant formula

Decision: Contra-Nestle "Unsponsored" BlogHer Ticket Price Donation

July 15, 2010




As I promised back in my BlogHer Accountability Post, I am making charitable donations in the amount of $600. That is the full cost of a BlogHer '10 ticket, if it were not covered by sponsors. This year's BlogHer sponsor list includes a number of companies that I am not enamored with, including most notably [...]

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What is the gold standard in infant nutrition?

June 29, 2010




I'm pretty sure evidence says the gold standard in infant nutrition is breast milk. Even Nestlé pretends to agree with that.  But for some reason Nestlé is telling health care workers in Dubai that its formula is the new "Gold Standard" in infant nutrition. I'm confused. Aren't you? More info: See "updates" section of Baby [...]

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Is WIC shooting the CDC in the foot when it comes to breastfeeding rates?

April 6, 2010




During the past week two significant studies on breastfeeding in the United States were released. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released statistics on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration, by State using data from the National Immunization Survey for the period of 2004 to 2008. The racial differences highlighted [...]

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Lies, lies and more lies: 3 year government crackdown can't keep formula companies from misleading consumers

January 12, 2010




Canada has signed the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. The Canadian government encourages the infant formula industry to comply with the Code, which means not marketing or promoting infant formula in any way. I explained this and more in my post that concluded Nestle and other infant formula manufacturers do aggressively promote [...]

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Nestle answers: Lobbying for weak laws? Nestle says no, evidence says yes

November 28, 2009




This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed. [...]

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Nestle Answers: Can a formula company support breastfeeding?

November 8, 2009




This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed. [...]

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Helping Themselves: Breastfeeding Advice Nestle-Style

November 4, 2009




This is a guest post by Erin, a breastfeeding counselor who teaches women how to succeed at breastfeeding. This post is a reflection of her opinion on Nestle's breastfeeding advice. Read what follows and decide for yourself what the company's true intentions are. Why would the world's largest infant formula company want to help mothers breastfeed? [...]

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Nestle Answers: Canada being a signatory to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes means nothing

October 28, 2009




This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed. [...]

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Nestle-Free Week: October 26 to November 1

October 25, 2009




As I continue to work on my responses to Nestle's answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family blogger event, I thought I'd put in a quick reminder that this week (October 26 to November 1) is Nestle-Free Week. Even if you do not or feel you can not fully support the [...]

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Nestle Answers: Shifting Blame for Infant Deaths

October 22, 2009




This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed. [...]

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