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California studies in food and culture volume 51
Publisher
University of California Press
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English
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Food consumption is a significant and complex social activity - and what a society chooses to feed its children reveals much about its tastes and ideas regarding health. In this groundbreaking historical work, Amy Bentley explores how the invention of commercial baby food shaped American notions of infancy and influenced the evolution of parental and pediatric care. Until the late nineteenth century, infants were almost exclusively fed breast milk....
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English
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"Is breast really best? Breastfeeding is widely assumed to be the healthiest choice, yet growing evidence suggests that its benefits have been greatly exaggerated. New moms are pressured by doctors, health officials, and friends to avoid the bottle at all costs-often at the expense of their jobs, their pocketbooks, and their well-being. In Lactivism, political scientist Courtney Jung offers the most deeply researched and far-reaching critique of breastfeeding...
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English
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"The Famous Fultz Quads tells the heartbreaking story of America's first recorded African American quadruplets, their rise to fame and use as advertising symbols for baby formula companies, and the damage done both to their lives and the greater health and wellbeing of generations of African American families in the US. This book brings to light the true causes of the dramatic racial disparities in breastfeeding rates in America--revealing how aspects...
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DHHS publication volume no. (FDA) 91-2236 S
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Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales, Servicio de Salud Pública, Administración de Drogas y Alimentos, Oficina de Asuntos Públicos
Pub. Date
1991]
Language
Español
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Economic brief volume no. 8
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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Program aid volume no. 1198
Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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15) Dietary risk assessment in the WIC program: Committee on Dietary Risk Assessment in the WIC Program
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National Academy Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
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Program aid volume no. 1198
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis and Evaluation
Pub. Date
[1991]
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English
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This is an addendum to a study whose primary objective was to determine the savings in Medicaid costs for newborns and their mothers during the first 60 days after birth resulting from participating in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children during pregnancy. This addendum discusses an alternate approach to calculating Medicaid costs beyond the Congressionally mandated 60 day period, and presents the resulting increased...