The Controversy Of Infant Formula

Before formula a baby had to be breast feed by the mother or another woman. In the 1920’s 90% of woman breastfed. As formula was promoted that fell to 38% in 1946 (Guasti). Formula sales were going great fueled by the post war baby Boom caused by World War II. As the baby boom came to an end sales started dropping. In the late 1970’s to the 1980’s with the reduction of formula feeding mothers in the United States and Europe Nestle turned it’s marking towards third world countries mainly Africa, Asia, and South America. This had devastating results to young infants in the area. The lack of clean available water and the resources to prepare the water prevented the formula from being used in a manner it was designed for. Often the formula would be watered down with dirty water. This caused many ill effects for infants and could led to death. Common ailments were diarrhea, dehydration, and intestinal infections.

more beneficial for infants than formula? The evidence that is available implies that the WIC

Christina McvayLisa Barrick English 101 September 19, 2017 Boobs Vs. Bottles All mothers want the best for their children. Multiple studies have shown that breastfeeding should be highly considered. Although, breastfeeding and bottle feeding are both alike in few ways, the numerous benefits of breastfeeding make it the best option for many mothers. Mother’s breast milk contains over 100 components, which therefore formula milk does not compete. Breastfeeding is a better option because of the cost, convenience, and all the wonderful numerous health benefits. Breast milk contains all the germ fighting antibodies that help prevent a child from getting sick. Breast milk contains antibodies. Antibodies, are passed from the mother to the child through the breast milk and help strengthen a child’s immune system. Antibodies, fight against numerous infections, viruses, prevent chronic conditions, and much more. More importantly, breastfeeding may perhaps protect babies against sudden infant death syndrome, more commonly known as, “SIDS”. Breast feeding is very beneficial for all premature babies. Breast milk naturally contains countless vitamins that a newborn requires, which formula does not contain. Breast milk contains protein that a child can easily digest, therefore breastfed babies are usually less gassy, spit up less, and less constipated. Breast milk helps give one’s child calcium and iron a lot faster with direct intake. Also, the fats from breast milk are very essential for the health and the growth of one’s baby. Likewise, breastfeeding is very beneficial for mothers, while formula is not. Breastmilk contains 20 calories per ounce, therefore, the more one feeds their child, the more calories the mother loses and increases weight loss. What mother does not want to lose the extra calories that she just ate from her last meal? Or the extra weight she may have packed on during her pregnancy? Can bottle feeding do that? No, probably not! Breastfeeding mothers can also see a change during ovulation. The more breastfeeding mothers are feeding their babies, the more prolactin their body releases. Prolactin keeps progesterone and estrogen steady, therefore the mother’s egg is not released, which would have triggered

closeness with her newborn” (United Sates 3). With all of these proven health benefits, there is

“When breastfeeding is not exclusively practiced, infant formulas are generally used. The World Health Organization International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk that parents be fully informed about the health hazards of unnecessary or improper use of infant formula”(2).

Many parents choose to feed their infants breast milk, because it is more nutritious than formula. In some countries such as China, women have chosen to use formula instead of breast-milk, because they have to work. Recently a baby formula crisis has occurred on China's mainland. Baby Formula is made with a product called melamine, for an added boost in protein for infants. According to Crandall “A company called the Sanlu group was purchasing melamine laced milk used in its baby formula” (Crandall, Parnell, and Spillen. 2013 pg. 22). Hospitals and clinks have become overloaded with the hundreds of infants that became sick, and a few that have died from drinking the formula. Before the outbreak of this contamination into the formula, the

Nestle, an international recognized multinational corporation is the world’s leading nutrition, Health and Wellness Company. Nestlé’s mission of “Good Food, Good Life” aims at providing customers with the finest quality of nutritional choices within a wide range of food and beverage classifications (NESTLÉ - Vassos Eliades. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.vassoseliades.com/consumer-goods/nestle.html, para. 1). The merger in 1905 between Nestle and the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company created the Nestle we know today. Nestle is one of the world’s largest suppliers of food and nutritional products operating with 461 factories in 83 countries, with 328,000 employees worldwide (Fries, Lorin, Goldberg, Ray, 2012. Nestle: Agricultural Material

71% of American Woman breastfeed their babies. After a few months only 2/3 of women who breastfeed stop. Many women in industrialized nations, such as the United States, find breast feeding to be inconvenient and time consuming. Babies who are breastfed become hungry often. Approximately every one and a half to two hours a baby is hungry again. However, forumla fed babies only get hungry every 3 to 4 hours. With a busy work schdule many women feel that formula is a good alternative to breast milk. However, in early infancy nothing can replace breast milk. Breast milk is the natural food suitable for all the babies needs. Formula, on the other hand, tries to imitate it.

One of the biggest decisions for a new mom is whether or not she will breast feed her newborn. This decision will not only impact the mother but it will also have many great affects on the baby. In the media we only see advertisements about formula which costs more money and is artificial. Why is it that the most natural source of food for our baby’s does not have the same kind of attention, if not more? Nurses need to help spread the awareness of the major differences between formula and breastfeeding to help higher the rates of breastfeeding, The purpose of this paper is to discuss how nurses can help to promote healthy breastfeeding to postpartum moms through three main roles which are, providing research that confirms the benefits of breastfeeding,

Objective: To assess the association between amount, preparation and type of formula consumed and weight in infants participating in the WIC Program in Hawaii (HI) and Puerto Rico (PR).

The applicant represents a series of world leading amino acid based infant formula. These formulas for CMA diet management are applicable to many foods where the protein is intolerant and requires a basic formula for other situations.

The main issue with advertising infant formula is that it can be misleading for new mothers. When you are making a food for infants and that is the only thing they will be consuming, your main marketing strategy would be to tell potential buyers about how nutritious your product is and how much better it is than anything else, whether that be other infant formulas on the market or breast milk. This can make mothers feel like they need to feed their child formula in order to give their baby proper nutrition and these companies are essentially preying on a vulnerable person’s ignorance. Aside from being misleading, when formula is marketed in developing countries where there is not always access to safe drinking water or proper storage for prepared formula, and when new mothers do not have the knowledge of how to

While Papathakis & Rollins do touch upon the fact that exclusively using commercial formula to feed infants is a financial burden, they still ultimately concluded that it remains the best option for HIV-positive women who do not wish to breastfeed. They briefly acknowledged that for some women, exclusive commercial formula feeding is not feasible and suggested supplementing the commercial formula with replacement milks that had been prepared with soybean oil. They maintained that the replacement milk was more appropriate for infants older than 6 months old, when the infants are more capable of having their diet supplemented with juices, potatoes, meats, and vegetables (2004).

According to me Nestle have only focus on the economic responsibilities and has been concern about the shareholders acceptations than the society. There is a wide space for improvement in the company’s policies towards society and environment.

Since Henri Nestlé developed the first milk food for infants in 1867, and saved the life of a neighbor’s child, the Nestlé Company has aimed to build a business as the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company based on sound human values and principles.