Cross-sectional survey shows that follow-up formula and growing-up milks are labelled similarly to infant formula in four low and middle income countries

Autor: Jane Badham, Lara Sweet, Elizabeth Zehner, Alison B Feeley, Catherine Pereira, Rosalyn Ford
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Cross-sectional study
labelling
Breastfeeding
Availability
Promotion and Consumption of Commercial Infant Foods. Guest Editors: Elizabeth Zehner and Mary Champeny. Publication of this supplement was supported by Helen Keller International
Recommended Dietary Allowances
Tanzania
Food Supply
0302 clinical medicine
Food Labeling
infant and young child feeding
Food
Preserved
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
education.field_of_study
Nutrition and Dietetics
biology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Advertising
infant formula
Senegal
Breastmilk substitutes
Milk
Food
Fortified
Original Article
Milk Substitutes
follow‐up formula
Cambodia
Population
Developing country
Diet Surveys
03 medical and health sciences
Nepal
Animals
Humans
education
Developing Countries
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Brand names
business.industry
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Infant
Original Articles
biology.organism_classification
Cross-Sectional Studies
Infant formula
Low and middle income countries
Pediatrics
Perinatology and Child Health
growing‐up milk
business
Demography
Zdroj: Maternal & Child Nutrition
ISSN: 1740-8709
Popis: This cross‐sectional survey assessed the characteristics of labels of follow‐up formula (FUF) and growing‐up milk (GUM) compared with infant formula (IF), including cross‐promotion practices between FUF/GUM and IF manufactured by the same company, sold in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; Dakar Department, Senegal; and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. All products were imported. A wide recommended age/age range for introduction was provided by manufacturers across all sites, with products with an age recommendation of 0–6 months being most prevalent in three sites, representing over a third of all products. Various age categories (e.g. 1, 1+ and Stage 1) commonly appeared on labels. A number of descriptive names (e.g. infant formula and milk formula) per category of age of introduction were used with some appearing across more than one category. Images of feeding bottles were found on most labels across all age categories, but prevalence decreased with older age categories. The majority of FUF/GUM manufactured by IF companies across all sites displayed at least one example of cross‐promotion with one or more of the company's IF: two‐thirds or more contained similar colour schemes/designs and similar brand names; 20–85% had similar slogans/mascots/symbols. A wide and potentially confusing range of ages/categories of introduction and descriptive names were found, and cross‐promotion with IF was common on FUF/GUM labels. Global guidance from normative bodies forms the basis of most low and middle income countries policies and should provide specific guidance to prohibit cross‐promotion between FUF/GUM and IF, and all three categories should be classified as breastmilk substitutes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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