From breast to bottle: a history of modern infant feeding.
In the early twentieth century, mothers began to turn towards scientific infant-feeding formulae as an alternative to breastfeeding their babies. This is strange because the benefits of breastfeeding were widely recognised. The extraordinary rise of the formula feed therefore demands a special explanation, one that includes an appreciation of key changes in public health, the emergence of paediatrics as a profession, commercial interests and advances in the sciences of bacteriology and nutrition. All these factors conspired to propel the formula feed to the fore.
Bryder
Linda
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History Department, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. l.bryder@auckland.ac.nz
D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000266:history*; D001942:Breast Feeding; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula / Q000266:history*; D007229:Infant Welfare / Q000266:history; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009520:New Zealand; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States