Friends:

Thought you would want to know about the following developments in
international infant feeding.  The stories can be found at the British
Medical Journal News website:
      <http://bmj.com/cgi/collection/paediatrics%3Aother>
>Pop musicians boycott Nestle promotion
>      Gavin Yamey
>      BMJ 2001;322 191
   This is about several UK bands boycotting a music festival in Reading
(outside London) because it is heavily sponsored by Nestle.

>
>Campaigners for breast feeding claim partial victory
>      Phyllida Brown
>      BMJ 2001;322 191
>
   This is about recent negotiations at the WHO to draft an infant feeding
recommendation for consideration at the next World Health Assembly.  Please
note the US stance against any regulation of infant food industry!

Visit the site, get the info, and pass it on to your bf colleagues!

Doraine Bailey
Lexington-Fayette County (KY, USA) Health Department
ILCA World BF Week Coordinator
WBW 2001:  "Breastfeeding in the Information Age."

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