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. 2009 Jun;33(2):54-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2009.04.008. Epub 2009 May 21.

From breast to bottle: a history of modern infant feeding

Linda Bryder  1
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From breast to bottle: a history of modern infant feeding

Linda Bryder. Endeavour. 2009 Jun.

Abstract

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.

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