As revealing as Freakonomics, shocking as Fast Food Nationand thought provoking as No Logo, The Politics of Breastfeeding exposes infant feeding as one of the most important public health issues of our time. 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. In her powerful book Gabrielle Palmer describes how big business uses subtle techniques to pressure parents to use alternatives to breastmilk. The infant feeding product companies' thirst for profit systematically undermines mothers' confidence in their ability to breastfeed their babies. An 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.

The Politics of Breastfeeding (Issues in Women's Health)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Palmer, Gabrielle

Women's Health

New York University Press

As propaganda about the benefits of breastfeeding increases, the number of breastfed babies worldwide decreases. This book asks why more babies are given artificial milk, and examines the political reasons for the situation and the link between the decline in breastfeeding and child malnutrition.

The Politics of Breastfeeding (Issues in Women's Health Series)

Parenting & Relationships

KITZINGER, SHEILA

Parenting

Pandora Pr

Pinter and Martin's Why it Matters series offer succinct, balanced and evidence-based introductions to the topics that affect family life in the 21st century. The Politics of Breastfeeding, first published in 1988, described 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 Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matter, the central ideas of The Politics of Breastfeeding are distilled into a concise form, making it the perfect introduction to understanding the complex forces that govern what many think of as a simple choice to breastfeed or not.

Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matter (Pinter & Martin Why It Matters, 6) (Volume 1)

Pinter & Martin

The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts are Bad for Business

Business & Money

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