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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The formula milk industrys marketing tactics are exploitative and undermine breastfeeding, according to a three-paper series published in The Lancet which calls for urgent clampdowns to tackle misleading claims and political interference. India News | Formula Milk Companies Use Exploitative Tactics to Undermine Breastfeeding: Lancet Series.

This is amongst the findings of the 2023 Lancet Series on Breastfeeding, which comprises three papers launched in South Africa on 10 February and in the UK on 8 February.

A newly released Series on breastfeeding published in The Lancet argues that formula milk companies exploit parents’ emotions and manipulate scientific

3-part Lancet paper finds exploitative market thrives despite WHO recommendations, violating World Health Assembly code 

The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Friday announced the outbreak of cholera in 23 countries, warning that 20 more countries sharing land borders with the affected countries are at risk.

The WHO recommends breastfeeding over baby formula because breast milk is more beneficial to babies, but companies still exploit parents to sell product.

Despite increasing evidence about the value and importance of breastfeeding, less than half of the worlds infants and young children (aged 0–36 months) are breastfed as recommended. This Series paper examines the social, political, and economic reasons for this problem. First, this paper highlights the power of the commercial milk formula (CMF) industry to commodify the feeding of infants and young children; influence policy at both national and international levels in ways that grow and susta...

While a global organization of physicians makes moves to protect medical professionals right to a conscience, Joe Biden is leading America in the opposite direction.

Despite proven benefits, less than half of infants and young children globally are breastfed in accordance with the recommendations of WHO. In comparison, commercial milk formula (CMF) sales have increased to about US$55 billion annually, with more infants and young children receiving formula products than ever. This Series paper describes the CMF marketing playbook and its influence on families, health professionals, science, and policy processes, drawing on national survey data, company report...

Less than half of infants around the world are breastfed as recommended, and baby formula is in high demand despite failing to offer the same health and developmental benefits as