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No. 110 April 1982


LettersUpdate

STOP THE BABYMILK PUSHERS
Anuradha Vittachi explains why babies should be restored to the breast.

Bottle-feeding on Trial — The Facts

Breaking the Bottle Barrier
Breastfeeding — the agony and the ecstasy. Four mothers tell their experiences.

Stealing a Woman’s Choice
Western mothers believe they decide how to feed their babies. Sheila Kitzinger explodes the myth.

Bottle-feeding can Damage Health — poster

Evidence from Zimbabwe
Nestlé contraventions of the WHO Code

Nestlé replies

The Biggest Contraceptive in the World
More Third World women are protected by breastfeeding than by all other contraceptives. Maggie Jones explains.

Out of the Frying Pan
Foods never intended for babies are being pushed as babymilk - John Clark and Nury Vittachi report.

Babies means Business
Edward Baer looks at the babymilk companies' high-pressure sales techniques.

Keeping the Lid on the Babymilk Menace
New Internationalist guide to action around the world.

Join the Nestlé Boycott
How you can help the campaign.

Henri Nestlé’s Famous Formula

Be a Codewatcher — questionnaire

Worth Reading on... BREAST VS. BOTTLE

Ideas for action

Reviews: New books and a classicCountry profile: GrenadaCover photograph: Nick Fogden/PAAT, Oxford.
Our special thanks to Andy Chetley and Doug Clement
for their help in preparing this issue.


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