The urgent need to end sponsorship of HCP associations by the commercial milk formula industry

Tony Waterston, Adriano Cattaneo, Nicole Bando, Jamie Errico, Robert Boyle, Sarah Brennan, Lori Lake, @melissamialon.bsky.social, Laurence Grummer-Strawn

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Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in #Children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study

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WATCH: Dr. Kevin Hall is departing NIH after 21 years at his “dream job.” He says his research findings were being censored under RFK Jr.

"What is it going to be like if they want to start actually meddling in the research itself?"

“To what extent is it ethical to build your marketing strategy on exploiting that parental instinct to do the best for their child?”
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Many people have been waiting for this paper!

Does antenatal expressing lead to earlier onset of lactation?

DAME (Diabetes & Antenatal Milk Expression) RCT found NO difference in timing of milk 'coming-in' btwn women in antenatal expressing gp & standard care

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“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.”

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🔥 Big news for public health, mums and babies in Australia! The ACCC has denied the Infant Nutrition Council's bid to keep the baby food industry's self-regulatory marketing agreement (MAIF Agreement). Here's why that matters 🧵⬇️

Well done @katiepk.bsky.social for flagging this with @bmj.com: The British Journal of Midwifery’s annual conference is again being sponsored by formula milk companies, despite clinicians and nutritionists repeatedly raising concerns about the practice which flouts World Health Organization guidance

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1/2 Thanks to BMJ for exposing this activity. The thing that gets me is Danone were willing to pay the midwives twice their normal pay and provide branded uniforms. The cost of those things does not come out of the CEO’s pocket or the profits for shareholders- cont.. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

#BMJExclusive: Tesco urged to drop an “unethical” in-store infant feeding advice service pilot

News report reveals how Danone funded midwives are expected to wear branded uniforms and undergo training by the formula company
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AUSTRALIA: “while successive governments are happy to spend money on consultants and the formula industry, they are less willing to invest in the measures to help women with breastfeeding such as better maternity care, longer paid maternity leave, and full implementation of the Code”

Investing in Breastfeeding: Sustainable Solutions for Global Health.

“Our proposal for considering breastfeeding investments as a carbon offset is founded in the need for full recognition and appropriate measurement of women’s unpaid work”
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@kathleenhalliday.bsky.social, Evelyn, Nicole and I were very pleased to see this published in @racgp.bsky.social Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. A controversial issue, especially in clinical nutrition; changing culture can take time but it starts with the resolution to change

An investigation by the Herald and The Age has uncovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants flowing to Australian dairy companies whose overseas social media pages peddle baseless promises of smarter, taller children with stronger immune systems. @sydmorningherald.bsky.social

ICYMI Here's a blog I wrote for #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2024
I describe ten recent articles in #IntBreastfeedJ
Supporting breastfeeding: from Baby Friendly Hospitals, to health professional support, to return to paid employment
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