BMJ 1998;317:949 ( 3 October )

Letters

Protecting breast feeding from breast milk substitutes

    Royal college supports promotion of breast feeding
    Authors' reply
    Health workers must be protected from conflicts of interest
    Study about marketing of substitutes was not correctly designed

Royal college supports promotion of breast feeding

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EDITOR---In its submission to the Acheson inquiry on poverty and health (the findings of which are expected to be published in autumn 1998) the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health proposed interventions to increase the number of women breast feeding their babies. At the college's 1998 annual general meeting Unicef accepted an invitation to set up a stand at the trade exhibition to provide information on its baby friendly initiative, which was designed to help establish breast feeding and was launched in 1991. Also at that meeting members and fellows reaffirmed their unequivocal support for the practice and promotion of breast feeding in a policy statement. This was policy states that "women should be encouraged to practice exclusive breastfeeding for the first 4-6 months of their infant's life. Thereafter, infants should be enabled to breastfeed while receiving appropriate and adequate weaning food for as long as this meets with their . . . [Full text of this article]
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