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AMS: It’s just a little paradigm shift. More mutuality. We expect the earth to just take care of us, to just always breastfeed us.
...Through events like Friday's Synchronized Breastfeeding Worldwide, advocates like Henares-Esguerra have helped make the Philippines, which has one of Asia's highest birthrates, one of the leaders in the international legal effort to support women's right to breastfeed. Aimed at controlling aggressive marketing of formula-milk companies, particularly in developing nations, pro-breastfeeding laws target corporate practices like sponsoring maternity-related events, giving out formula samples to new mothers, and indicating on labels and advertising that their products make babies smarter. "Breastfeeding can save the lives of both mothers and infants. It may be the single most...
...Asked how breastfeeding advocates in other nations can follow her country's example, Henares-Esguerra has this advice: "Promotion, protection, and support. You have to do all three together - you can't do one without the other." As the synchronized breastfeeding participants and nursing mothers around the world know, the right to breastfeed is something worth fighting...
...Your article neglected to highlight the significance of breastfeeding, which has been shown in several studies to help protect mothers against breast cancer. For every 12 months a woman breastfeeds, her risk of breast cancer decreases by 4.3%. Mothers in many societies breastfeed each child for up to five years. The Western pattern of early weaning or artificial feeding correlates with higher breast-cancer incidence; sadly, these practices are spreading to the developing world. Key strategies for combating breast cancer worldwide will be promotion of the current World Health Organisation recommendation that mothers breastfeed for two years or more...
Nestlé South Africa has been asked by the South African health authorities to supply infant formula at reduced cost for their extremely important health program aimed at saving lives by preventing HIV transmission from mothers to babies. The health authorities have chosen NAN Pelargon, a biologically acidified formula that...