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Manipulation by assistance: Undermining breastfeeding [1]

The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 attempted to curb the efforts of baby food manufacturers to undermine breastfeeding and was further amended in 2003 to plug loopholes. However, public-private health partnerships are now found to be advocating nutrition policies aimed at helping food multinationals increase their markets. A stronger legislation is thus needed to fight this practice.

Publication Date: 
06/09/2008
Arun Gupta [2]
Economic and Political Weekly [3]
43
36
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Tags:
Nutrition [4], Health Effects [5], Health Personnel [6], Child Health [7], Breast Feeding [8], Infant Formula [9], Multinational Corporations (MNCs) [10], Advertising [11], India [12], Jalandhar (D) [13]
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