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Byline: Meghan Leahy Q: I know infant feeding is a big and controversial topic. How do we move past it? How can I explain to family that formula feeding is [...]

The article offers an account from the author about how turning to infant formula for his son when his wife struggled to get her breast milk flowing brought equality and peace to their household and has given him a sense of agency and confidence as a parent.

The article focuses on new research comparing the health effects of breast feeding and instant formula. According to the author, public health officials have determined that not breast-feeding may be hazardous to the health of infants. The article includes comments regarding the issue from Suzanne Haynes, senior scientific adviser to the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services.

A PILOT scheme is giving new mothers in poor areas a £200 bribe to breastfeed for six months. But how would they police it to make sure mums were not just grabbing the cash? A new breast squad, perhaps? 'Halt right there, madam! We have reason to believe you are in possession of an unlawful bottle of formula.' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to give new mothers vouchers to breastfeed will not be rolled out nationwide, Nick Clegg has revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on author Suzanne Barston who wrote the book "Bottled Up: How the Way We Feed Babies Has Come to Define Motherhood and Why It Shouldn't" and argues on the slogan "breast is best." Barston says that the slogan sent more comprehensive message, like bottle-feeding mothers just can not compete and breastfeeding mothers are best. It mentions that Barston began writing on bottlefeeding, for it offers opportunity to get more sleep and to continue the career of the mother.

The article reports on the association of bottle feeding with the risk of children for pyloric stenosis.

The article focuses on the need for more public health attempts to promote breast-feeding policies is in accordance to the American Academy of Pediatrics advice. Otherwise, decreasing the distribution of infant formula samples to mothers on discharge may enhance breast-feeding. Anne Merewood, director of the Breastfeeding Center of Boston Medical Center and member of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners mentioned that hospitals should not be accountable for selling products that are not favored in the infant feeding practice.

Amy Chase started feeding Similac Organic infant formula to her second son, Amos, as soon as he was born in November 2006. ''When I saw the organic at Publix, I bought it, no questions asked,'' said Ms. Chase, a self-described ''yoga mom'' in Atlanta. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that Nestlé SA will market infant-formulas to Hispanic mothers in an effort to increase market share in the United States. Reaction of the U.S. government, which is beginning an effort to persuade low-income, minority mothers to breast-feed; View of health experts that breast-feeding is healthier than formulas; Medical economics related to breast-feeding; Why Nestlé came under fire in the 1970s for their targeting of poor, illiterate women for infant formula products; World Health Organization code related to marketing of formula; Comments from Nestlé executives regarding the legality of their marketing campaign; Discussion of the U.S. market for infant formula, which is dominated by Abbott Laboratories and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.