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Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matter
Gabrielle Palmer
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Description for Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matter
Paperback. Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matter is the perfect introduction to understanding the complex forces that govern what many think of as a simple choice to breastfeed or not. Series: Pinter & Martin Why it Matters. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
The Politics of Breastfeeding, first published in 1988, remains a hugely important book. It exposes infant feeding as one of the most important global public health issues of our time, and describes how big business and vested interests influence the intimate relationship between mothers and their babies to the detriment of all, rich or poor, in the West or in the developing world. In Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matter, the central ideas of The Politics of Breastfeeding are distilled into a concise form, making it the perfect introduction to understanding the complex forces that govern what many think of as a simple choice to breastfeed or not.
Product Details
Publisher
Pinter & Martin Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Pinter & Martin Why it Matters
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780665252
SKU
V9781780665252
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Gabrielle Palmer
Gabrielle Palmer is a nutritionist and author. A breastfeeding counsellor in the 1970s, she later went on to help establish the UK IBFAN group, Baby Milk Action. In the early 1980s she worked in Mozambique. She has written and campaigned on infant feeding issues, particularly the unethical marketing of baby foods. In the 1990s she co-directed the International Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy Course at the Institute of Child Health in London, until she went to live in China for two years. She has worked independently for various health and development agencies, including serving as HIV and Infant Feeding Officer for UNICEF New York. She recently worked at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where she originally studied nutrition. She is a mother and a grandmother. She is the autor of three books, The Politics of Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding and Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matters.
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