Saturday, July 29, 2006

Mother's milk is the best (The Border Mail)

MUM’S milk is best and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, says Wodonga Milk of Kindness.

Next week is World Breastfeeding Week and this year’s theme, Code Watch, looks at how the marketing of formulas has been a barrier to women breastfeeding.

Wodonga Milk of Kindness project worker Kim McKenna said people promoting breastfeeding were still trying to recover from marketing errors made 20 years ago.

“Marketers told women that formula was just as good as breast milk,” she said.

“Breast milk is naturally designed for the baby and cannot be replaced by any formula we synthesise.



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