Breastfeeding, first-food systems and corporate power: a case study on the market and political practices of the transnational baby food industry in Brazil

• Main Authors: Cindy Alejandra Pachón Robles (Author), Mélissa Mialon (Author), Laís Amaral Mais (Author), Daniela Neri (Author), Kimielle Cristina Silva (Author), Phillip Baker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The exploitative marketing of commercial milk formula (CMF) reduces breastfeeding, and harms child and maternal health globally. Yet forty years after the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (The Code) was adopted by WHO member states, many countries are st...