Breastfeeding news items

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Permalink Reply by Emily Healy on November 19, 2009 at 11:31am

I just watched the trailer for this film, still in production. It looks like a "Business of Being Born" for breastfeeding:

www.formulafedamerica.com

i think i clicked on the Who's Who page to see the trailer.

Permalink Reply by Bonnie P on November 28, 2009 at 12:44pm

Wow, glad a film like this is getting out there! There are so many misconceptions about breastfeeding. People need facts!

Permalink Reply by Emily Healy on January 15, 2010 at 9:33pm

news media is reporting this week on a study published recently by Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. http://www.ntnu.no/news/breastfeeding

Here is the Headline:
Breastfeeding is not as beneficial as once thought
Feeling guilty that you didn’t breastfeed your children enough – or at all? Relax. New research shows that breast milk is not as important for either the mother or the child's health.

There are many reasons this conclusion is short-sighted.

UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative addresses this study in this statement: http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/items/item_detail.asp?item=620

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine published a press release today also: www.bfmed.org
1/13/2010
ABM Reacts to Misleading Breastfeeding Study

Permalink Reply by Emily Healy on January 17, 2010 at 1:53pm

Gabrielle Palmer discussing supporting breastfeeding during emergencies, like the earthquake in Haiti. Why well-meaning donations of artificial infant formula increase the death rate for babies living in the aftermath of disaters.Gabrielle Palmer - The Politics of Breastfeeding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxW5Zu-FNlY
Gabrielle Palmer, author of The Politics of Breastfeeding, at Heffers bookshop in Cambridge on January 14th, 2010 talking about the politics of breastfeeding and feeding babies in disasters with specific references to the Haiti earthquake. ...

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