Commercial milk formula marketing entry points: setting the course of infant and young child feeding trajectories
The cases in our study highlight how, together with a weak breastfeeding counseling system, and health professionals who lack training in breastfeeding and normal infant behavior, lead to the opportunity for CMF marketing to shape infant feeding, and ultimately to the decision to feed formulas that some mothers were not planning to use and cannot afford.
Authors
- Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9416-8039)
- Mireya Vilar‐Compte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9047-1102)
- Sonia Hernández‐Cordero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2209-0962)
- Cecília Tomori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4235-1821)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Montclair State University (US)
- Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)
- Yale University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-09-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19997-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation