Summary of Kimberly Seals Allers's The Big Letdown

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The comparison of baby growth becomes a comparison of parenting success and a competitive sport. Having a baby in a high percentile for growth becomes a mommy bragging right, and it becomes a clinical indicator of how well you are parenting.
#2 The growth charts used to measure my baby’s growth were based on a sample of formula-fed infants, not breastfeed infants. This is why many breastfed infants were misdiagnosed with a failure to thrive and given formula instead.
#3 The World Health Organization released new growth charts in 2006, using breastfed babies as the standard for growth. They acknowledged the role of two decades of inaccurate growth charts in the course of childhood health.
#4 The participation of physicians’ offices in formula marketing programs has a strong correlation with breastfeeding outcomes. A study showed that mothers who receive formula marketing at the ob-gyn’s office have stunted breastfeeding experiences.

Sujets

• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Sociology
• Marriage
• Family

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 01 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669397427
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Kimberly Seals Allers's The Big Letdown
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The comparison of baby growth becomes a comparison of parenting success and a competitive sport. Having a baby in a high percentile for growth becomes a mommy bragging right, and it becomes a clinical indicator of how well you are parenting.

#2

The growth charts used to measure my baby’s growth were based on a sample of formula-fed infants, not breastfeed infants. This is why many breastfed infants were misdiagnosed with a failure to thrive and given formula instead.

#3

The World Health Organization released new growth charts in 2006, using breastfed babies as the standard for growth. They acknowledged the role of two decades of inaccurate growth charts in the course of childhood health.

#4

The participation of physicians’ offices in formula marketing programs has a strong correlation with breastfeeding outcomes. A study showed that mothers who receive formula marketing at the ob-gyn’s office have stunted breastfeeding experiences.

#5

The American Academy of Pediatrics, which is supposed to be the strongest supporter of breastfeeding, receives donations from infant formula companies. This raises questions about the AAP’s own bias in the infant feeding information it provides to parents.

#6

Doctors don’t know much about breastfeeding, and as a result, they don’t teach about it in medical school. This leaves mothers with the impression that their physicians aren’t fully supportive of breastfeeding, which influences their feeding behavior.

#7

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is an international organization of multispecialty physicians who support lactation science and practice. However, their response has been tepid among physicians, who seem to have a difficult time accepting breastfeeding as medically best.

#8

For centuries, birthing and infant feeding were women’s domain. But starting with World War I, family patterns and working habits changed. Women entered the workforce in record numbers. With mothers away from their babies for many hours of the day, artificial milk feeding increased.

#9

The pediatric industry grew as doctors began to focus on the needs of the rich, and began to make money off of commercially made infant foods. Meanwhile, public health officials continued to promote breastfeeding as the best alternative to cow’s milk.

#10

The collusion between infant formula manufacturers and medical doctors grew deep. The formula makers used medical doctors for testimonials, and they wanted doctors to sanction their products, while doctors wanted to retain control over the distribution of formula and share in the profits from this new market.

#11

Following the advice of the top medical experts of the time, the U. S. Children’s Bureau produced a series of informational pamphlets for breastfeeding in the 1910s that included various suggestions and instructions.

#12

Until the late 1980s, most formula companies abandoned direct-to-consumer advertising and used the medical community as their sole advertising vehicle.

#13

As the women’s rights movement gained momentum in the early 1900s, two wealthy American women took up the cause of urging other women to battle for their right to a painless childbirth, in the form of Twilight Sleep.

#14

The American media was flooded with stories of women who had died during the Twilight Sleep procedure, which caused support for it to fall apart. The change in how obstetricians treated the birth process and how American women experienced it was dramatic.

#15

The two medical practices that women rely on at their most vulnerable period, pediatrics and obstetrics, have earned their reputation by presuming the female reproductive system is so flawed that it needs constant monitoring and pharmaceuticals to fix it.