Why Formula Feeding Matters, 9781780665955
Paperback
Evidence-based information about formula feeding as safely and effectively as possible.

Why Formula Feeding Matters

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    17 November 2021

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Summary

Making infant feeding decisions relies on parents having access to evidence-based information - but when it comes to formula feeding that can be hard to come by. Commercial interests and misunderstandings about the way breastfeeding is promoted can mean that important knowledge about formula feeding is not communicated to parents.Why Formula Feeding Matters aims to address this situation so that parents can make fully informed choices about how they feed their babies. All infants should be fe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781780665955
ISBN-10:1780665954
Author:Shel Banks
Publisher:Montag & Martin Limited
Imprint:Pinter & Martin Ltd.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:17 November 2021
Weight:134g
Dimensions:14mm x 172mm x 112mm
Series:Pinter & Martin Why it Matters
About The Author

Shel Banks

Shel Banks is an IBCLC and NHS infant feeding specialist based in Lancashire. She is vice-chair of the UK Association for Milk Banking, a charity which supports milk banks in the provision of donor human milk, and chair of LIFIB, which has been providing evidence-based information about formula and bottle-feeding to health professionals since 2008.She is committed to evidence-based practice and the fully informed choice of expectant and new parents, and has contributed to three NICE Guidelines (Donor Milk Banking, Postnatal Care and Faltering Growth) and co-authored three Cochrane Systematic Reviews on various aspects of infantile colic.Shel has a small private practice specialising in unsettled babies, disturbed sleep, formula feeding and faltering growth, and as a tutor for health and social care professionals in the UK and across the world.Alongside teaching and coaching families and health professionals, Shel has also made a number of TV and radio appearances, including BBC Breakfast and the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary The Great Infant Formula Feeding Scandal.

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