The Politics of Breastfeeding by Gabrielle Palmer

It is the 3rd fully revised and updated edition. Read more essential and inspirational eye-opener, 'The Politics of Breastfeeding' challenges our complacency about how we feed our children and radically reappraises a subject which concerns not only mothers, but everyone: man or woman, parent or childless, old or young. Published by : Pandora Press, (London :) Physical details: xv, 309 p. The infant feeding product companies' thirst for profit systematically undermines mothers' confidence in their ability to breastfeed their babies. It exposes infant feeding as one of the most important global public health issues of our time, and describes how big business and vested interests influence the intimate relationship between mothers and their babies to the detriment of all, rich or poor, in the West or in the developing world. In her powerful book Gabrielle Palmer describes how big business uses subtle techniques to pressure parents to use alternatives to breastmilk. /rebates/2f97808635843672fPolitics-Breastfeeding-Gabrielle-Palmer-08635843652fplp&. Every thirty seconds a baby dies from infections due to a lack of breastfeeding and the use of bottles, artificial milks and other risky products. Gabrielle was a breastfeeding counsellor in the 1970s and helped establish the UK pressure group Baby Milk Action. As revealing as 'Freakonomics', shocking as 'Fast Food Nation' and thought provoking as 'No Logo', 'The Politics of Breastfeeding' exposes infant feeding as one of the most important public health issues of our time. Why The Politics of Breastfeeding Matter provides a concise update to Gabrielle Palmers previous book The Politics of Breastfeeding and illustrates the.

It describes how big business uses subtle techniques to pressure parents to use alternatives to breastmilk. This book exposes infant feeding as one of the most important public health issues of our time. 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. Description for The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts are Bad for Business Paperback.

The Politics of Breastfeeding by Gabrielle Palmer