To those who are interested (as I am) - in breastfeeding... Here's an article about how moms in the Philippines are being tricked into giving their infants formula instead of breastmilk. Each and every commercial break here encourages good parents to give their children some sort of "milk product" that is supposed to make their child smarter and healthier.
The worst offender of all is the Nestle corporation, who not only campaigns their products but also offers free samples to new mothers through health clinics. Only a later moms run out of formula, after their milk has already dried up, and now, like it or not, they're hooked!
Formula feeding depletes the family's resources and increases the occurence of health problems in the infant now and for life! Read this article for a bigger picture, click HERE.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Breast is Best!
posted by Kim at 12:44 a.m.
similar stuff... midwifery, philippines
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it's a good thing you are promoting breastfeeding for infants... it's true... breastmilk is still best for babies!
a foreign website also sited Nestle's biggest mistake ever... this regarding their commercial "milk for all ages"... here's the link by the way for further reading: http://www.babymilkaction.org/resources/yqsanswered/yqanestle03.html
i hope it can help... just happen to pass by here...
It is really sad. We tried so hard to explain to mothers that breast milk is the best thing, but they think western stuff is always better. Most of them couldn't afford formula so they would buy powdered milk thinking it was just as good.
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