journal Health Communication found many television K. A. Foss, “‘That’s Not a Beer Bong, It’s a Breast Pump!’ Representations of Breastfeeding in Primetime Fictional Television,” Health Communication 28, no. 4 (2013): 329–40.
9. Ending the Letdown: The Way Forward
In November 2014 T. Campbell and A. Kay, “Solution Aversion: On the Relation Between Ideology and Motivated Disbelief,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 107(5) (2014): 809–824.
Index
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AAP. See American Academy of Pediatrics
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Nutrition Institute
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)
activism
acute otitis media (AOM)
Ad Council
AAP on
formula marketing on
Affordable Care Act, 2010
Africa
child mortality in
formula in
The African-American Family in Slavery and Emancipation (Dunaway)
African-American mothers
body politics for
child mortality of
in slavery
alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Allen-Brown, Sashay
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
on Ad Council
Mead Johnson Nutrition with
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Human Lactation, and Pediatrics
American Medical Association
American Pediatric Society
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA)
arachidonic acid (ARA)
arachidonic acid-rich single-cell oil (ARASCO)
Arstrup, Arne
asthma
B-24 project
The Baby Killer
Baby Milk Action
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
Bachmann, Michele
Badinter, Élisabeth
Bailey, Kathy Diane
Bair, Amy Lupold
“Ban the Bag”
Barker, David
Beauchamp, Gary
Benjamin, Regina M.
Benrahou, Leigh
Berg, Alan
birth
in hospitals
mothers after
birth control
Bockoras, Bobbi
body politics
for African-American mothers
of breasts
of men
bottles
Break Time for Nursing Mothers law
“Breast Is Best”
breast milk
value of
breast pump
in hospitals
breastfeeding. See specific topics
breastfeeding movement
science for
breasts
body politics of
Hollywood and
in marketing
sexualization of
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History (Williams)
Bristol-Myers Squibb
bulletproof vests
Bündchen, Gisele
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cadwell, Karin
capitalism
caregiver-discrimination cases
Carmody, Frances
Center for Responsive Politics
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
child mortality
in Africa
for African-American mothers
in economics
maternity leave and
in U.S.
WHO on
child nutrition researchers
children
value of
Children’s Bureau, U.S.
Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move from Surviving to Thriving (Heymann)
“choice”
Clinton, Bill
Colen, Cynthia
college
comparison charts
Consumer Analyst Conference
consumer marketing trends
Cooper, Christina
cultural support
dairy industry
Davis Area Research on Lactation, Infant Nutrition and Growth (DARLING)
Dayaneni, Gopal
death. See also child mortality
DeLauro, Rosa
delivery method
Department of Agriculture, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. (HHS)
DHA. See docosahexaenoic acid
dietary guidelines for Americans (DGA)
District of Columbia (D.C.)
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
docosahexaenoic acid-rich single-cell oil (DHASCO)
Drake, Theodore
drug companies. See pharmaceutical companies
Dunaway, Wilma A.
economics
child mortality in
of formula
of mothers
EEOC. See Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Egnell, Einer
Enfamil
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
equality
of women
exploitation
of fears
of formula
of mothers
family
Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY Act)
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
“family leave insurance”
family responsibilities discrimination
FDA. See Food and Drug Administration
fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD)
fears
female consciousness
The Feminine Mystique (Friedan)
feminism
anti-
in marketing
feminist movement
on birth control
on formula
on mothers
Food Advisory Committee on Infant Formula
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. (FDA)
food deserts
foremilk
formula
in Africa
ARA in
creation of
culture of
custom-made
DHA in
donations of
economics of
exploitations of
FDA on
feminist movement on
in growth charts
homemade alternatives to
illnesses from
justifications of
manufacturers of
mass production of
popularity of
price of
profits from
scientists on
sugar in
supplementing with
testing of
in Third World countries
varieties of
formula marketing
on Ad Council
FUD in
funding from
in hospitals
of Mead Johnson Nutrition
“mommy wars” in
by physicians
in Third World countries
value of
WHO on
Free the Nipple
Friedan, Betty
funding
gastrointestinal infections
gender discrimination
Gillibrand, Kirsten
Gladwell, Malcolm
global infant health policies
government
growth charts
formula in
U.S.
growth percentiles. See comparison charts
Grubinger, Karla Shepard
&nb
sp; Grumet, Jamie Lynne
Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities
Hansen, Keith
Happy Vitals
Healthy Children Project
Heymann, Jody
HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding
hind milk
history
Hollywood
Horlick’s Malted Milk
hospitals. See also physicians
birth in
breast pumps in
formula marketing in
mothers in
human milk substitutes. See formula
inadequate infant growth
individualism
Industrial Revolution
infant feeding. See also delivery method
infant formula manufacturers. See formula
infant nutrition
in comparison charts
in scientific studies
Infant Nutrition Council of North America
infants. See children
information democratization
Institute of Medicine
insufficient-milk phenomenon
International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)
International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC)
International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (WHO code)
International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)
International Formula Council
International Society of Political Philosophy
Internet
Jackson, Janet
Jakobsen, Kasper
Journal of Nutrition
Journal of the World Public Health Nutrition Association
Jung, Courtney
Katherine (mother)
Kaufman, Francine Ratner
Keesling, Rachel
Kessler, Gladys
Kraft Heinz
Kramer, Michael
La Leche League
Labbok, Miriam
lactation
physicians on
Lactivism (Jung)
“lactivists”
Lasker, Edward
latch
Latch On initiative
“letdown”
Life’s DHA
Malkin, Michelle
marketing. See also formula marketing
breasts in
feminism in
in tobacco industry
Martek Biosciences Corporation
Marx, Karl
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
maternal health care
“maternal wall”
maternity leave
child mortality and
Clinton on
lawsuits for
policies on
Reagan on
in U.S.
Mead Johnson Nutrition. See also Jakobsen, Kasper
AAP with
formula marketing of
media
science in
medical school
Meijer
men
body politics of
as physicians
Metropolitan Police Department, D.C. (MPD)
milk banks
“milk nurses”
milk quality
milk reform
milk supply
MilkTrack
Mock, Michele
“mommy wars”
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Monsanto
Montgomery, Allison
Mortierella alpine
Moskowitz, Howard
mothers. See also African-American mothers; children; pregnancy
Badinter on
after birth
cultural pressure on
demands on
devaluing of
economics of
education of
exploitations of
failures as
feminist movement on
freedom of
health benefits for
in hospitals
mental health of
pressure on
public shaming of
redefining
sexuality of
society on
support for
transitions for
value of
vanity of
variabilities of
“motivated skepticism”
National Dairy Council
National Organization for Women
National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
National Twilight Sleep Association
necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
Nestlé
in Third World countries
Nestle, Marion
Nestlé Milk Food
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
The New Internationalist
New York Times
“Nipplegate”
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
The Nutrition Factor (Berg)
Obama, Michelle
obesity
scientific studies of
oxytocin
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
pay gap
pediatricians. See physicians
Pediatrics
peer reviews
Pepsi
Perrigo, Denise
Perrigo Nutritionals
Pew Research Center
pharmaceutical companies
physicians
formula marketing by
on lactation
men as
on women
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)
policies
Posner, Richard
postpartum depression
Pratt, Elijah
pregnancy
Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
Prego
preterm infants
Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT)
public health
public shaming
pumped milk
Pythium insidiosum
racism. See also African-American mothers
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO Act)
Raising Digital Families for Dummies (Bair)
Ramey, David
randomized controlled trial (RCT)
Reagan, Ronald
reproductive justice
reproductive rights
Ritalin
Roe v. Wade
Ross Laboratories
Rotch, Thomas
rubber nipple
science
for breastfeeding movement
of infant feeding
in media
peer reviews in
profit in
scientific studies
funding for
of infant nutrition
of obesity
on solution aversion
Selling Mothers’ Milk (Sussman)
Senior, Jennifer
Sex and the City
sibling study
Similac Advance Organic Complete Nutrition
Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda and Winning (Nestle)
soy bean industry
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
state-required newborn screenings
Steinem, Gloria
stories
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
sugar
AAP on
in formula
Sussman, George D.
systematic reviews
tax deductions
The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women (Badinter)
Third World countries
time mechanization
Tisdall, Frederick
tobacco industry
“treatment”
Troupe, Kimberly Hern
Truth, Sojourner
Tuskegee E
xperiment
Twilight Sleep
UNICEF
United States (U.S.)
child mortality in
food deserts in
growth charts
maternity leave in
United States Breastfeeding Coalition
value
of breast milk
of breastfeeding
of children
of formula marketing
of mothers
of women
The Vanguard Group
very low birth weight babies (VLBW)
Viagra
weaning
wet nurses
WHO. See World Health Organization
WHO code. See International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes
WIC. See Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
Wilde, Oscar
Williams, Florence
Williams, Joan C.
Wolf, Jacqueline
women. See also feminism; mothers
empowering of
equality of
health reform movement of
liberation of
manipulation of
oppression of
physicians on
rights for
sacrifice of
value of
Wood, Summer
work environment
World Health Organization (WHO)
on child mortality
on formula marketing
World War I
World War II
About the Author
Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist and a nationally recognized infant health advocate. A former Food and Community Fellow with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Allers has also led innovative on-the-ground initiatives nationwide to better understand the cultural and social influences of breastfeeding. A former writer at Fortune, her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, and Real Simple. She has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Anderson Cooper 360°, NPR, and other international outlets.
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