Cathy wrote:
It looks like the AAP website is being reorganized. Some of the other
Breastfeeding Section Newsletters are there, in a new section, but this
one is not. Of course, since it was online, I never saved myself a copy!
If anyone has a .pdf copy, could you pretty please email it to me
privately. I do have a print copy.
Here might be the explanation: if you go to this site and see which
companies fund the AAP, you may see other changes.
http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/corp_funding.html
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
"Friends of Children Fund" Annual Report, July 1, 1996 - June 30, 1997,
indicates $2.085 million in funding from corporations. Donors include
Procter & Gamble, Gerber, Infant Formula Council, McNeil Consumer
Products Company, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Johnson &
Johnson Consumer Products, Abbott Laboratories, Wyeth-Lederle Vaccine &
Pediatrics, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, SmithKline Beecham
Pharmaceuticals, Schering Corp., Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Food Marketing
Institute, Sugar Association, International Food Information Council,
Merck Vaccine Division, and others. Also gets foundation support (RWJ,
Pew, etc.).
Formula manufacturers "donate $1 million annually to the American
Academy of Pediatrics in the form of a renewable grant that has already
netted the AAP $8 million. The formula industry also contributed at
least $3 million toward the building costs of the AAP headquarters."
(Mothering magazine, July-August, p.60; refers to a book Milk, Money and
Madness by Naomi Baumslag and Dia L. Michels (Westport, Conn.: Bergin
and Garvey, 1995, p. 172))
According to a New York Times article, the Ross Products Unit of Abbott
Laboratories, the makers of Similac infant formula, purchased 300,000
copies of the AAP's "New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding" with Ross'
logo and name on them. In addition, "Ross, McNeil and Johnson & Johnson
were the top three corporate supporters of the academy's $65 million
operating budget...each giving $500,000 or more." (NY Times, 9/18/02,
C1)
Scroll down to see who is funding the AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR FITNESS AND
NUTRITION (ACFN)
Some include: Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturers Association , Chocolate
Manufacturers Association , Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., McDonald's
Corporation ,
National Soft Drink Association , Nestle USA, Inc. , Pepsi-Cola Company
*
And also this is a real hoot:
NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY
Sponsors of its 1997 annual conference were: Coca-Cola, Hershey Foods,
Kraft Foods, SlimFast Foods. Also Knoll Pharmaceuticals. (Harper's
Magazine, March, 2000; p.150)
Esther Grunis, IBCLC
Lis Maternity Hospital
Tel Aviv, Israel
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