Infant feeding specialist midwife , IBCLC , NIFN member , tongue tie practitioner, small business owner, mum . Views and opinions are my own .
Worcestershire
Joined January 2009
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Rebecca Davenport retweeted
A new short film, “Just a Coffee”, explores the quiet worries many new mothers have when breastfeeding in public - wondering if people might stare, judge, or make them feel uncomfortable.
Read more: boobingit.com/just-a-coffee-…
@Leicester_News #breastfeedinginpublic
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
In 2007 the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition said
“We find the case for labelling infant formula or follow on formula with health or nutrition claims entirely unsupportable. If an ingredient is unequivocally beneficial as demonstrated by independent review of scientific data it would be unethical to withhold it for commercial reasons. Rather it should be made a required ingredient of infant formula in order to reduce existing risks associated with artificial feeding.”
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
I want to tell you about an emerging scandal about the infant formula industry reported in the @bmjlatest and the @FT.
ft.com/content/3711d718-a31d…
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Here’s what’s happened: three formula companies, Nestlé, Danone and Lactalis have found a toxin called cereulide in their formula - it stops the body’s cells being able to make energy and it’s not destroyed by cooking/heat. bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s164
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions.
This week @TheLancet published a landmark three-part series on the science, policy and politics of #UPF. thelancet.com/series-do/ultr…
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Honored to have been on the committee for this update which took a monumental 3 yrs! If your work supports eating well/feeding/nutrition among pregnant/breastfeeding women, women & families with babies & young children, in their homes, early years settings or where ever, DO READ!
We’ve published our updated guideline on maternal and child nutrition.
It makes recommendations on nutrition and weight management in pregnancy, and nutrition in children up to 5 years.
Learn more⬇️
nice.org.uk/guidance/ng247?u…
ALT Newborn baby sleeping while being cradled in arms. Text reads: Maternal and child nutrition. Explore our guideline update covering nutrition and weight management in pregnancy, and nutrition in children up to 5 years.
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Astounding story about @tesco breaking the World Health Organisation’s International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. with an in-store infant feeding advice service funded by the formula milk firm Danone. 🧵
UK supermarket Tesco is being urged to drop an “unethical” pilot of an in-store infant feeding advice service in which midwives funded by the formula milk firm Danone are expected to wear branded uniforms and undergo training by the company
@rebeccacoombes
bmj.com/content/388/bmj.q287…
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
UK supermarket Tesco is being urged to drop an “unethical” pilot of an in-store infant feeding advice service in which midwives funded by the formula milk firm Danone are expected to wear branded uniforms and undergo training by the company
@rebeccacoombes
bmj.com/content/388/bmj.q287…
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Delighted our support to expose the issues with this pilot have lead to its discontinuation. UK laws need upgrading inline with #BMSCode to protect the health of all infants, however they are fed #EndExploitativeMarketing
@BflgUk @GwynneMP @SKinnock
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Rebecca Davenport retweeted
We explain this more in section 2 of our 2023 report firststepsnutrition.org/upfs… @PhilBakerNZ @Baronessjenkin @StuartGillesp16 @Rob_Percival_ @DoctorChrisVT
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
And to limit #marketing, first and foremost! #EndExploitativeMarketing
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Hot off the press. The prevalence of obesity in reception aged children has INCREASED from 9.2% to 9.6%, 2022/23 to 2023/24 - WAKE UP Govt please, & take action to enable babies to eat well from the start of life digital.nhs.uk/data-and-info… @OHA_updates @Childrensfood @wesstreeting @GwynneMP
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Great to be able to have a proper detailed discussion about the problem with #formula marketing in the UK & why plain labelling might be a part of the solution
#EndExploitativeMarketing
Thx to @DoctorChrisVT raising the profile of this impt issue
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Good news! Our editorial has received over 1,000 views since publication! Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #ViewsMilestone
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Low-allergy formula prescriptions in England increased 3.8-fold from 2007 to 2023 without evidence for increased milk allergy prevalence
@sibsonvicky @DrNShenker @beckydav @HIFN12 @GP_IFN @DrChrisVT @DrTomori @_breastfeeding @BSACI_Allergy @worldallergy @EAACI_HQ @AAAAI_org
Rebecca Davenport retweeted
Specialised formulas are over-used, over-priced & obesogenic. Labour government urged to strengthen regulations to protect infant health
Article link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
@sibsonvicky @globalhlthtwit @DrNShenker @beckydav @HIFN12 @GP_IFN @DrChrisVT @DrTomori
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