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Have moved to BlueSky. https://t.co/kJ6JMVfVEM RN, MPH, PhD Candidate Uni of Sydney. Public health, first food security, infant feeding.
brisbane, australia
Joined March 2009
🎧New pod episode featuring myself @NinaChadPhd and @JuliePSmith1 talking about the WHO Code and MAIF in Australia. @Sydney_Uni #maternalchildhealth
open.spotify.com
Talking Global Maternal & Child Health · Episode
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🧵3/3 This is timely given the current work in Australia to restrict the marketing of infant formula and what the formula industry has to say about it. You can read what they are saying about the matter (publicly) here ➡️ and ➡️
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🧵2/3 The NZ govt bowed to lobbying, departing from the revised standard to limit misleading labels on formula tins. Evidence of many meetings between formula execs and NZ ministers. Regulation of lobbying needed to safeguard infant health from profit.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
In 2024, the New Zealand (NZ) government made a rare departure from the joint food standards programme with Australia, administered by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). This paper...
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🧵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 ➡️
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RT @JuliePSmith1: So New Zealand no longer has food standards for #infant milk formula. How safe is that! Do consumers in #China know? Dano….
rnz.co.nz
When Andrew Hoggard announced NZ would set its own infant formula standard, he knew it would be "complex", "costly" and "require significant resources".
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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". .@UNICEF @ENNonline @WBTi_AUS @WBTi_NZ.
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I’ve made it to the third week of my weekly Substack writing. This one about NEC, class action and corporate power. I learnt a couple of new things in the process. ✅🙏. Thanks to all who have subscribed (its all free) I appreciate your support. 🙏😎✌️.
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Do you love all things food and women's health? Check out my review of @millihill book 'Ultra Processed Women' on Substack. Spoiler alert: it's a great read that covers issues related to the commercial milk formula industry and gender roles really well.
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2/2 The @WBTi_AUS team completed two assessments of Australia. They are here - Australia ranked 98th out of 100 countries in 2023. Looking forward to seeing some progress in the next assessment due by 2028. For more information .
wbtiaus.com
Updates and progress on the Australian chapter of the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative
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1/2 The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative is a robust process for tracking country progress on protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding. You can catch the Global Breastfeeding Collective webinar here -
globalbreastfeedingcollective.org
A webinar of the Global Breastfeeding Collective
The esteem panel at the WBTi webinar organised by GBC shared their progress stories based on WBTi assessment and action over the years with repeat assessment. WBTi galvanises policy action to protect , support and promote breastfeeding. 🤱 WBTi is @ibfanglobal flagship program!!
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New Substack post - Latest read: Ultra-Processed Women: The lies we're fed about what we eat and how to break free, by Milli Hill.
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RT @ILCA1985: BIG NEWS!. The #WorldHealthAssembly has approved a resolution on regulating the digital marketing of breast milk substitutes,….
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RT @AnushaBradley: NZ formula firms opposed WHO guidelines for online advertising
rnz.co.nz
The industry body representing the companies even met with NZ diplomats in Geneva to raise its concerns about marketing restrictions.
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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
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RT @KatiePNutrition: 📰 published: South African health professional associations urged to end commercial milk formula industry sponsorship….
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And following on - more to the story re NZ exiting the FSANZ reg on formula labelling in 2024. Conflict of interest and lobbying abound. @AnushaBradley
rnz.co.nz
Food Safety Minister Andrew Hoggard said he managed the conflict of interest appropriately.
Incredible expose showing the way Big Formula lobbies governments to prevent regulations that may harm their bottom line - prioritising money over the health of infants and babies. @WBTi_NZ @IBFAN_GIFA
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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.
propublica.org
“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,”...
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Looking forward to speaking with Andrea Schmidtke about the way forward for infants formula regulation at this event.
Three members of our team will be presenting at this must-attend event for those passionate about healthier food environments and policy action!. Will we see you at the Food Policy and Regulation Forum on May 1 in Canberra? . Secure your spot here:
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RT @WBTi_AUS: Incredible expose showing the way Big Formula lobbies governments to prevent regulations that may harm their bottom line - pr….
rnz.co.nz
Tougher guidelines were 11 years in the making. But for multinational dairy companies, profits were at stake.
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RT @WBTi_NZ: The inside story from Anusha Bradley. "New baby formula standards were designed to prioritise infant nutrition & take the pres….
rnz.co.nz
Tougher guidelines were 11 years in the making. But for multinational dairy companies, profits were at stake.
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RT @1stepsnutrition: 🗞️Fabulous (if depressing) feature on baby snacks & pouches by Bee Wilson in today’s @guardian.📗📘📙Draws on our reports….
theguardian.com
For time-poor parents, straws, sticks, pouches and powders can seem like a quick, convenient and even healthy option. But these oversweetened, mushy foods are creating a generation of choosy consum...
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