Baby Formula Makers Still Breaking Global Marketing Rules: Report

Baby Formula Makers Still Breaking Global Marketing Rules: Report
A mother reacts as she nurses her child to mark World Breastfeeding Week to promote global support for breastfeeding in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Aug. 4, 2018. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
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LONDON—Almost all parents and pregnant women in China, Vietnam, and the UK are exposed to “aggressive” formula milk marketing campaigns that breach global rules set up after scandals more than 40 years ago, according to a new report.

The marketing techniques can push women away from breastfeeding and include everything from giving free samples, to executives setting up or joining “mums’ groups” on popular messaging apps, the report from the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and M&C Saatchi said.