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The Politics of Breastfeeding de Gabrielle Palmer

The Politics of Breastfeeding

Autor Gabrielle Palmer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2009
Every 30 seconds a baby dies from infections due to a lack of breastfeeding and the use of bottles, artificial milks and other risky products. This book exposes infant feeding as one of the most important public health issues of our time. It describes how big business uses subtle techniques to pressure parents to use alternatives to breastmilk.
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ISBN-13: 9781905177165
ISBN-10: 190517716X
Pagini: 423
Ilustrații: 36
Dimensiuni: 136 x 213 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:3 Rev ed.
Editura: Pinter & Martin Ltd

Descriere

Now fully updated, this text explores the political, economic, and social implications of bottle feeding versus breastfeeding in today's society.

Notă biografică

Gabrielle Palmer is a nutritionist and a campaigner. She was a breastfeeding counsellor in the 1970s and helped establish the UK pressure group Baby Milk Action. In the early 1980s she lived and worked as a volunteer in Mozambique. She has written, taught and campaigned on infant feeding issues, particularly the unethical marketing of baby foods. In the 1990s she co-directed the International Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy course at The Institute of Child Health in London until she went to live in China for two years. She has worked independently for various health and development agencies, including serving as HIV and Infant Feeding Officer for UNICEF New York. She recently worked at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where she had originally studied nutrition. She is a mother and a grandmother.