1/3 Here we are again. If women are not supported by governments to breastfeed (meaning - education, health professional training, access to health services, paid maternity leave, social protection, formula marketing regulation).
Naomi Hull
@naomihull.bsky.social
RN, IBCLC, MPH (Nutrition), PhD Candidate @ Uni of Sydney School of Public Health - Advancing Global Food Security for Infants and Young Children. #infantfeeding #breastfeeding #firstfoodsecurity National Coordinator - WBTiAUS.
Do Aust'n health professionals get guidance from their prof associations wrt their obligations under the I'national Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes? In 2021, the ACCC determined they do, so we set out to find out for sure. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jpsmith1.bsky.social
My latest substack - this time in response to a news piece laying blame and responsibility on parents to kee their babies safe from contaminated infant formula. nahull.substack.com/p/infant-for...
My latest Substack on the Australian National Food Security Strategy. Australia: A land of flood, fire and famine. open.substack.com/pub/nahull/p...
Australia: A land of flood, fire and famine.
What made it to my Zotero file last week #7
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My latest Substack - now up to number six in this weekly series! Yay me 🤣 This one is a short summary of the latest State of the World's Food and Nutrition Security report that was launched at the end of July. Happy to hear comments, feedback, or other thoughts if you have them. lnkd.in/gk3gzq2M
Hot off the press! 🔥 our new case study on political lobbying by the baby food industry and how it influenced New Zealand governments decision to opt out of regulations intended to protect infant health. Please see below for the full article 👇 with congrats to Naomi Hull for her leadership on this!
Naomi Hull@naomihull.bsky.social · 12mo ago🧵1/3 New paper! Profits Before Health? New Zealand Government Rejection of Stricter Infant Formula Marketing Standards and the Lobbying Behind It. Read it here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @philbakernz.bsky.social @mboatwright.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au
🧵1/3 New paper! Profits Before Health? New Zealand Government Rejection of Stricter Infant Formula Marketing Standards and the Lobbying Behind It. Read it here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @philbakernz.bsky.social @mboatwright.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au
Substack#5 had to be about World Breastfeeding Week 2025 🤱🏽🤱🏼🤱🏾🤱 #WBW2025 url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/WjbLCgZ0N1...
Have you heard? It's World Breastfeeding Week.
What made it to my Zotero file #5
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This week I write about UNICEF's recent publication "Technical and operational guidance for increasing access to breastmilk through wet nursing in emergency settings". nahull.substack.com/p/wet-nursin...
Wet nursing - an important strategy for securing access to breastfeeding in emergencies
What made it to my Zotero last week #4
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Next instalment - what made it to my Zotero file last week #2 - this time it's a book review: Ultra-Processed Women by Milli Hill. nahull.substack.com/p/latest-rea...
Latest read: Ultra-Processed Women:The lies we're fed about what we eat and how to break free, by Milli Hill.
What made it to my Zotero File last week #2
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Need to develop some new writing habits, so going to do weekly Substack posts discussing recent publications that have interested me. Here's my first one. open.substack.com/pub/nahull/p...
Sponsorship of health professional events and education by the commercial formula industry.
What made it to my Zotero File last week #1
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1/3 Thanks for writing this @clarepatton.bsky.social I've been watching the recent media blitz on starving babies in Gaza with the usual emphasis on lack of formula supplies. www.thejournal.ie/readme/gaza-...
Hunger in Gaza: When starving babies is the strategy, not just the outcome
As a mother and academic who studies Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies, Dr Clare Patton never expected to witness the cruelty of Gaza.
thejournal.ie
From Assessment to Action: Implementing WBTi to Strengthen National Breastfeeding Policies Webinar July 3rd! 11pm AEST. www.globalbreastfeedingcollective.org/assessment-a...
From Assessment to Action: Implementing WBTi to Strengthen National Breastfeeding Policies
A webinar of the Global Breastfeeding Collective
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Overnight, the member nations of the World Health Assembly moved to regulate the digital marketing of commercial milk formulas and baby foods. www.who.int/news/item/26...
Will the NZ Govt reconsider their decision to put export dollars before the health of babies in their departure from FSANZ regulations for the first time (sustained) in history? www.healthcoalition.org.nz/protecting-o...
Protecting our youngest citizens: put people before profit in infant formula rules - Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa is deeply concerned by reports of industry lobbying that appears to have influenced Government decisions to weaken infant formula labelling standards in Aotearoa New Zealand....
healthcoalition.org.nz
1/2 Thank's to PHAA for great opportunity to meet+engage with Dept of health and colleagues on Aust'n regulatory issues. Fantastic to have infants and young children on the agenda - marketing of infant formula and of commercial foods for IYC. www.prevention2025.com/fprf @publichealthaus.bsky.social
Food Policy and Regulation Forum 2025
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Hairdressers this afternoon means time to get started on this. Been looking forward to it @stuartgillespie.bsky.social
“To what extent is it ethical to build your marketing strategy on exploiting that parental instinct to do the best for their child?” www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025... @aucklanduni.bsky.social
Following the money behind the same old formula - The University of AucklandFacebookTwitterYouTubeLinkedInInstagramWomen's Refuge
Analysis: If the Government prioritised the health of babies, it would invest more in breastfeeding support and develop a national network of milk banks rather than listening to formula milk marketing...
auckland.ac.nz
Anusha Bradley, Radio NZ have done an incredible job of exposing the way Big Formula in NZ have played their part in downplaying health needs of infants and young children to prioritise their own profit. I will link them all in a thread. This one is today's installment www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Formula firms fight against expanded online ad ban despite WHO warnings
The industry body representing the companies even met with NZ diplomats in Geneva to raise its concerns about marketing restrictions.
rnz.co.nz
Disappointing to see a Nurse ‘free’ Prof Devt module on ‘Mixed Feeding’ sponsored by #Nutricia. With enrollment details being provided to sponsor and course materials being provided by sponsor. #haloeffect
Why protect breastfeeding? Infants that are not being breastfed rely on formula as their sole source of nutrition. After babies died in 2022 you’d think the US Govt/FDA would be cleaning this up. www.propublica.org/article/baby...
Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” on...
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How a multi national formula company lobbied the NZ Govt to disregard over ten years of FSANZ work and prioritise export profits over the health of infants and young children. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
How multinational dairy companies convinced ministers to back away from new rules for baby formula
Tougher guidelines were 11 years in the making. But for multinational dairy companies, profits were at stake.
rnz.co.nz
👏😍 Great to see the International Confederation of Midwives come out so clearly and strong on the role of midwives in upholding the Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. Let's hope for trickle down to country-level orgs. @internationalmidwives.org internationalmidwives.org/midwives-mus...
Midwives Must Uphold the Ethics of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes | International Confederation of Midwives
Midwives must uphold the International Code, providing ethical, evidence-based breastfeeding support while avoiding commercial influence and misleading marketing practices.
internationalmidwives.org
Congratulations to WBTi UK on the release of their latest report ukbreastfeeding.org/wbtiuk2024/ @helengray.bsky.social You can see Australia's 2023 report here (spoiler we Australia scores lower than UK!). www.worldbreastfeedingtrends.org/wbti-country... #breastfeeding #publichealth #foodsecurity
WBTi UK Report 2024
The World Breastfeeding Trends UK Report 2024 is available free online. There are two parts: Part 1 has the main findings, Part 2 contains additional material. WBTi UK-Full Report (Part 1) Part 2 &…
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Let's hope Operation Stork Speed not only looks at the regulation of what is in formula products but also the unethical and exploitative marketing. Given they have acknowledged that all formula is regulated to have what has found to be necessary, marketing is misleading. 19thnews.org/2025/03/baby...
What RFK Jr.’s plans for baby formula mean for parents
Advocates and public health officials say there is room for improvement in formula regulation — though some question that execution amid food safety oversight cuts.
19thnews.org
1/2 The early years are critical for developing healthy humans. One of my gigs is working on executive team of the Infant and Toddler Foods Research Alliance. We put together a paper to outline key priorities, now published here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jennifermccann.bsky.social
Driving Research and Advocacy for Healthy Infant and Toddler Diets: The Infant and Toddler Foods Research Alliance
The Infant and Toddler Foods Research Alliance brings together researchers and health professionals across Australia and New Zealand with an interest in infant and toddler food regulation, child deve...
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Bottle and teat manufacturers want new mums to believe their product is 'close' to breastfeeding and that switching between the two is simple. This new study shows there is little evidence to back their claims.
Clare Maxwell@claremax.bsky.social · last yr.Our new paper is out now - Investigating the marketing of bottles and teats designed to replicate #breastfeeding and the evidence (lack of) which underpins their features onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mc… @DrKathryn_Bould @BeckySelf123 @LJMU_Health @LJMUResearch
🏦💰When faced with declining birth rates, what do formula companies do? Create 'premium' products with higher prices because parents with fewer children will pay more! 🙄Side note - premium products don't necessarily offer anything better than the cheaper products. www.ft.com/content/5bce...
Nestlé says parents with fewer children buy more expensive baby food
World’s largest food company says fall in number of children per household has driven ‘premiumisation’
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