
The Milk of Life
Gastropod
Formula Milk - A New Approach to Preventing Malnutrition
Formula milk had an or of western modernity, and like in the governments and medical professionals endorsed it. But just dropping in this western model of relying primarily on formula, it didn't work. And so public health campaigns start to reverse the mid twentieth century messaging and start to encourage breast feeding more. One doctor who was a big opponent of nesley's tactics in the developing world claimed that company was responsible for a million babies dying every year from malnutrition and diarrhoea.
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