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Infant nutrition
Relationships between paediatricians and infant formula milk companies
1 PEACH Unit, Department of Child Health, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2 Department of Child Health, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Professor Wright
PEACH Unit, QMH Tower, Yorkhill Hospitals, Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland, UK; cmw7a@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Paediatricians should recognise the influence of infant formula milk companies and avoid intentionally or inadvertently promoting them
Keywords: breast feeding; conflict of interest; infant formula; nutrition
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The promotion of breast feeding is a high priority for most paediatricians, yet many, inadvertently, assist infant formula milk companies (IFMCs) in their marketing, thereby undermining breast feeding. This article examines how infant formula manufacturers achieve this and how such promotion can be avoided.
It is now known that the use of infant formula instead of breast milk is one of the most important causes of preventable mortality in infancy world wide.1–3 However, there is growing evidence that this is not just an issue for poorer countries. Research in the United Kingdom has shown associations with increased morbidity,4,5 reduced later intelligence quotient (IQ),6 and increased risk of adult ill health,7 and a recent paper from the United States showed an association with excess infant mortality.8 This places the use of infant formula high among the avoidable risks to health to which children in the United Kingdom are exposed.
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