> Dear members of lactnet, > > I am working as a volunteer for a breast feeding organization and I have > a seat in the Belgium Federal Breast Feeding Comity. A while ago the > Belgium Health Minister asked the comity about the influence of free > samples of formula which are very often given to young mothers. There is > a law in Belgium, which does not allow presenting free samples to > mothers, but it is hardly controlled. > > Some people in the comity where looking for studies, but I guess they > where not taking much time for it. The president found a review of 9 > studies which came to the conclusion that commercial discharge packages > have a negative influence on breast feeding numbers, but that it does > not matter if they contain free samples of formula or not. > > Here in Belgium there are given a lot of commercial discharge packages, > but they anyway do not contain formula. They do contain pacifiers, > sometimes bottles, glasses of solids for babies older than 4 month and > advertisements for formula for babies older than 4 month. The free > samples of formula for babies less than 4 month the mothers get from > doctors and nurses in the maternity or at the consultation office for > the young child. > > Because the minister is getting inpatient and the comity really wants to > make work from it we are looking urgent for studies, which proof, that > free samples of formula have a negative effect on breast feeding. The > way that they get to the mother, form health care professionals or in > the commercial discharge packages, is not so important for the Belgium > situation. > > I would be very thankful if some of you could provide me with > information about such studies. Links, abstracts, full studies, > everything is welcome. > Please mail to: [log in to unmask] > > Warm greetings, > Christine Van Den Broecke > Belgium > > > > Post message: [log in to unmask] > Subscribe: [log in to unmask] > Unsubscribe: [log in to unmask] > List owner: [log in to unmask] > URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lll-nl > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html