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Super interesting new paper below, raises important questions for food regulation risk assessment, which doesn’t currently account for additive cocktails commonly found in UPFs. Will be interesting to see how food regulators respond to this in coming years Mark Lawrence

Children in the UK experience some of the worst health outcomes in Europe. The government has committed to raising ‘the healthiest generation of children in our history’. What actions should it prioritise to help achieve this? New briefing out now: kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Quality early education can give every child the best start in life, whatever their background. But it’s often unaffordable for many families, especially those on the lowest incomes. Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 Demand the UK Government invest in early childhood 👇 act.unicef.org.uk/page/112052/pe…

A sensible approach to improving the health of children in the UK, with breastfeeding from the start First Steps Nutrition Trust Baby Friendly UK RCPCH NCT The Breastfeeding Network UK La Leche League GB ABM HIFN GPIFN (UK) WBTiUK Breastfeeding

An excellent read. A pity that $500 million for women’s health has NOT A CENT for measures to enable #breastfeeding, which lowers breast and cervical cancer risk by 20-30%. No $ even for a survey of breastfeeding rates last done in 2010. Big Formula rules johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04/i…

New WHO/UNICEF Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative Monitoring Manual highlights the Birthing Experience Monitoring Tool as a solution for routine monitoring. The tool was developed in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia with support from Alive & Thrive Ireland in Vietnam 🇮🇪. knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutritio…

Don’t miss Maternity & Midwifery Hour Wed 30th April , 19:00 UK 🧬 Topic: Exploring awareness of genomic testing at initial midwifery appointment Register: shorturl.at/MSF4K #Midwifery #GenomicTesting #MaternityHour

Never underestimate the power & importance of good mid-level managers. New research in a Harvard Business School working paper: the attitude & support of mid-level managers can make or break the impact of training programmes for frontline employees. Organisations invest huge sums in

If you are UK resident or citizen, please consider signing this UK Parliamentary petition asking for the plain and simple sexed terms of "women" and "mother" to be used in UK government documents, legislation and public health communications.

Birthrights highlights a critical issue in maternity care: “Lack of home birth services is a national failure to provide core maternity care.” Home birth is not a luxury, it’s a vital option that must be protected and supported. Read more: maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/birthrights-la…

👀 the pressure mounts…. Proud to have signed this letter Campaigners call for urgent action to protect infants from unhealthy food independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Gender budgeting for #breastfeeding is back! Register NOW for Monday’s event: ‘Tooling up the baby friendly hospital initiative... #bfhi Learn about tools for human & planetary health & monitoring #BMSCode compliance using the VIVID tool. Here it is! crawford.anu.edu.au/event/tooling-… World Health Organization (WHO)

The children's vitamin chews that have more sugar than Haribos dailymail.co.uk/health/article… via Mail Online BDA Action on Salt and Sugar iHV

Happy #IDM to all those amazing midwives out there that make a huge difference in the lives of women, babies and their families.

The quality of care in the first few days after birth in hospital is critical to #breastfeeding success but it also affects the health of the planet. New tools can show the potential gains from investing in better breastfeeding support in maternity care. #ghg #bmscode AMA Media

NEW PUBLICATION: Economic and environmental impacts of commercial milk formula in Indonesia: estimates and comparisons using the Cost of Not Breastfeeding, Green Feeding, and Mothers’ Milk Tools. #IntBreastfeedJ Alive & Thrive ANU Crawford School of Public Policy ANUPopulationHealth …reastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#Australia struggles to regulate aggressive marketing of baby milk formula as does #Indonesia. This study shows the economic & environmental costs of failing. Protecting #breastfeeding is foundational to population health & to helping mums deliver the nurture kids need to thrive

The Guardian piece yesterday on UPF industry lobbying revealed the tip of a very dirty iceberg. Hats off to the @soilassociation for the investigation - please sign their petition demanding the government respond 👇 act.soilassociation.org/the-whole-trut…

And here is the full Guardian piece for context. theguardian.com/society/ng-int…

World Health Assembly: In a new resolution, Member States agreed to expand the provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes to tackle digital marketing of formula milk and baby foods. who.int/news/item/26-0…