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'[The pediatrician] said that maybe my milk, instead of doing good, no longer helped': the ecology of infant formula in rural communities in Central Mexico.

Paulina LunaTania ValdesAlberto Zelocuatecatl-AguilarGerónimo Medrano-LoeraBárbara GuerreroAngelica Garcia-MartinezRafael Pérez-EscamillaDiana Bueno-Gutierrez
Published in: Public health nutrition (2021)
Women in rural, indigenous communities in Central Mexico are increasingly using formula. Efforts at the policy and institutional levels are needed to protect mothers and their children from the detrimental consequences of unregulated formula promotion and the formula culture that it brings with it.
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