Milk, Money, and Madness

The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding

Author: Naomi Baumslag
Secondary Author: Dia L. Michels
ISBN: 9780897894074

I commend the authors of Milk, Money, and Madness for the considerable contribution they have made by voicing their opinions, contributing their knowledge, stimulating debate and challenging conventional wisdom. Dr. Richard Jolly, Acting Executive Director UNICEF Breastfeeding is a beautiful process. It involves the participation of both mother and child and cannot be duplicated by a glass bottle and rubber nipple. So why does the United States have the lowest breastfeeding rate in the industrialized world? In Milk, Money and Madness, Baumslag and Michels examine the issue of breastfeeding, clearly drawing a line between fact and fiction. Among the main points addressed are: o How U.S. taxpayers unwittingly support and encourage bottle-feeding by spending over $500 million each year to provide 37% of the infants in the U.S. with free formula. o How a product created to help sick children and foundlings was transformed into a powerful international industry with revenues of $22 million

Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Publish Date: 1995-01-01

Subjects: Family & Relationships / Parenting / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Breastfeeding)