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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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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: The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes and the Developing World

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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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: Don’t mind the small print about breast being best

October 17, 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: Using health care professionals as intermediaries

October 13, 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: Help rejuvenate the boycott they wish ended 25 years ago

October 9, 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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Hospital handouts put breastfeeding in danger

June 1, 2008




A friend mentioned that the Soothie brand of pacifier is being passed off as a pacifier that is less likely to cause nipple confusion. That claim is just as big a load of crap as the lines that formula companies feed people about their formula being the closest yet to breastmilk. So I was curious [...]

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