the politics of breastfeeding by gabrielle palmer

'It is a story that every food campaigner, indeed political activist in any field, should read carefully.' The Food Magazine Countless breastfeeding books exist, but few with the passion, integrity and importance of this one.' Veronika Robinson - The Mother This is a book to awaken the masses, to make us sit up and notice. There are many people who prefer to focus on the beauty of breastfeeding, and don't want to look behind the scenes don't want to look how, why, when and where breasts 'are bad for business', or that a baby dies every thirty seconds due to lack of breastfeeding and the use of bottles and counterfeit milks. It is heartbreaking, challenging, and a page-turner.' Anna Swisher, ILCA 'This book is the most profound exploration of the global and personal costs of artificial feeding I have encountered. The infant feeding product companies’ thirst for profit systematically undermines mothers’ confidence in their ability to breastfeed their babies.Īn essential and inspirational eye-opener, The Politics of Breastfeeding challenges our complacency about how we feed our children and radically reappraises a subject which concerns not only mothers, but everyone: man or woman, parent or childless, old or young. In her powerful book Gabrielle Palmer describes how big business uses subtle techniques to pressure parents to use alternatives to breastmilk.

As revealing as Freakonomics, shocking as Fast Food Nationand thought provoking as No Logo, The Politics of Breastfeeding exposes infant feeding as one of the most important public health issues of our time.Įvery thirty seconds a baby dies from infections due to a lack of breastfeeding and the use of bottles, artificial milks and other risky products.

The politics of breastfeeding by gabrielle palmer