Healthy Children Project Center for Breastfeeding
My grandma proudly hands me a box of crackers. “It says all natural!” she exclaims. I turn over the box to uncover the product’s ingredient list. The crackers are, in fact, not all natural. It’s easy to fall victim to misleading food labeling. Patti Rundall, Policy Director Baby Milk Action, Global Advocacy IBFAN and IBFAN …
Guest blog post collaboration with Donna Walls, RN, BSN, IBCLC, CLC, ANLC At its core, Green Feeding means taking action from birth to safeguard the health of humans and the environment. Green Feeding encompasses the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding as the most valuable natural resource from 0 to 36 months of age. In …
The commercial milk formula (CMF) industry uses marketing tactics similar to those of the tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food industries. Earlier this winter, the Lancet published a three-paper series outlining the multifaceted and highly effective strategies used by commercial formula manufacturers to target parents, health-care professionals, and policy-makers. “The industry’s dubious marketing practices—in breach of …
This week, we continue our examination of the language used around infant feeding and perinatal health. You can read Part One here. Advantages of health versus the disadvantages of risky behavior The infant formula shortage in the United States pushed conversations about the cost (monetary and otherwise) of infant feeding to the headlines. One article …
The editors of more than 200 health journals worldwide just released Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health ahead of The United Nations General Assembly this month. The authors urge critical action to curb global temperature increases in an effort to “halt the destruction of nature, and protect …