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The Big Letdown

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by Kimberly Seals Allers


  journal Health Communication found many television K. A. Foss, “‘That’s Not a Beer Bong, It’s a Breast Pump!’ Representations of Breastfeeding in Primetime Fictional Television,” Health Communication 28, no. 4 (2013): 329–40.

  9. Ending the Letdown: The Way Forward

  In November 2014 T. Campbell and A. Kay, “Solution Aversion: On the Relation Between Ideology and Motivated Disbelief,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 107(5) (2014): 809–824.

  Index

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  AAP. See American Academy of Pediatrics

  Abbott Laboratories

  Abbott Nutrition Institute

  Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

  activism

  acute otitis media (AOM)

  Ad Council

  AAP on

  formula marketing on

  Affordable Care Act, 2010

  Africa

  child mortality in

  formula in

  The African-American Family in Slavery and Emancipation (Dunaway)

  African-American mothers

  body politics for

  child mortality of

  in slavery

  alkaline phosphatase (ALP)

  Allen-Brown, Sashay

  American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

  on Ad Council

  Mead Johnson Nutrition with

  American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

  American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Human Lactation, and Pediatrics

  American Medical Association

  American Pediatric Society

  Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA)

  arachidonic acid (ARA)

  arachidonic acid-rich single-cell oil (ARASCO)

  Arstrup, Arne

  asthma

  B-24 project

  The Baby Killer

  Baby Milk Action

  Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

  Bachmann, Michele

  Badinter, Élisabeth

  Bailey, Kathy Diane

  Bair, Amy Lupold

  “Ban the Bag”

  Barker, David

  Beauchamp, Gary

  Benjamin, Regina M.

  Benrahou, Leigh

  Berg, Alan

  birth

  in hospitals

  mothers after

  birth control

  Bockoras, Bobbi

  body politics

  for African-American mothers

  of breasts

  of men

  bottles

  Break Time for Nursing Mothers law

  “Breast Is Best”

  breast milk

  value of

  breast pump

  in hospitals

  breastfeeding. See specific topics

  breastfeeding movement

  science for

  breasts

  body politics of

  Hollywood and

  in marketing

  sexualization of

  Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History (Williams)

  Bristol-Myers Squibb

  bulletproof vests

  Bündchen, Gisele

  Bureau of Labor Statistics

  Cadwell, Karin

  capitalism

  caregiver-discrimination cases

  Carmody, Frances

  Center for Responsive Politics

  Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

  child mortality

  in Africa

  for African-American mothers

  in economics

  maternity leave and

  in U.S.

  WHO on

  child nutrition researchers

  children

  value of

  Children’s Bureau, U.S.

  Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move from Surviving to Thriving (Heymann)

  “choice”

  Clinton, Bill

  Colen, Cynthia

  college

  comparison charts

  Consumer Analyst Conference

  consumer marketing trends

  Cooper, Christina

  cultural support

  dairy industry

  Davis Area Research on Lactation, Infant Nutrition and Growth (DARLING)

  Dayaneni, Gopal

  death. See also child mortality

  DeLauro, Rosa

  delivery method

  Department of Agriculture, U.S.

  Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. (HHS)

  DHA. See docosahexaenoic acid

  dietary guidelines for Americans (DGA)

  District of Columbia (D.C.)

  docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)

  docosahexaenoic acid-rich single-cell oil (DHASCO)

  Drake, Theodore

  drug companies. See pharmaceutical companies

  Dunaway, Wilma A.

  economics

  child mortality in

  of formula

  of mothers

  EEOC. See Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  Egnell, Einer

  Enfamil

  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

  equality

  of women

  exploitation

  of fears

  of formula

  of mothers

  family

  Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY Act)

  Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

  “family leave insurance”

  family responsibilities discrimination

  FDA. See Food and Drug Administration

  fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD)

  fears

  female consciousness

  The Feminine Mystique (Friedan)

  feminism

  anti-

  in marketing

  feminist movement

  on birth control

  on formula

  on mothers

  Food Advisory Committee on Infant Formula

  Food and Drug Administration, U.S. (FDA)

  food deserts

  foremilk

  formula

  in Africa

  ARA in

  creation of

  culture of

  custom-made

  DHA in

  donations of

  economics of

  exploitations of

  FDA on

  feminist movement on

  in growth charts

  homemade alternatives to

  illnesses from

  justifications of

  manufacturers of

  mass production of

  popularity of

  price of

  profits from

  scientists on

  sugar in

  supplementing with

  testing of

  in Third World countries

  varieties of

  formula marketing

  on Ad Council

  FUD in

  funding from

  in hospitals

  of Mead Johnson Nutrition

  “mommy wars” in

  by physicians

  in Third World countries

  value of

  WHO on

  Free the Nipple

  Friedan, Betty

  funding

  gastrointestinal infections

  gender discrimination

  Gillibrand, Kirsten

  Gladwell, Malcolm

  global infant health policies

  government

  growth charts

  formula in

  U.S.

  growth percentiles. See comparison charts

  Grubinger, Karla Shepard

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sp; Grumet, Jamie Lynne

  Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities

  Hansen, Keith

  Happy Vitals

  Healthy Children Project

  Heymann, Jody

  HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding

  hind milk

  history

  Hollywood

  Horlick’s Malted Milk

  hospitals. See also physicians

  birth in

  breast pumps in

  formula marketing in

  mothers in

  human milk substitutes. See formula

  inadequate infant growth

  individualism

  Industrial Revolution

  infant feeding. See also delivery method

  infant formula manufacturers. See formula

  infant nutrition

  in comparison charts

  in scientific studies

  Infant Nutrition Council of North America

  infants. See children

  information democratization

  Institute of Medicine

  insufficient-milk phenomenon

  International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)

  International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC)

  International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (WHO code)

  International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)

  International Formula Council

  International Society of Political Philosophy

  Internet

  Jackson, Janet

  Jakobsen, Kasper

  Journal of Nutrition

  Journal of the World Public Health Nutrition Association

  Jung, Courtney

  Katherine (mother)

  Kaufman, Francine Ratner

  Keesling, Rachel

  Kessler, Gladys

  Kraft Heinz

  Kramer, Michael

  La Leche League

  Labbok, Miriam

  lactation

  physicians on

  Lactivism (Jung)

  “lactivists”

  Lasker, Edward

  latch

  Latch On initiative

  “letdown”

  Life’s DHA

  Malkin, Michelle

  marketing. See also formula marketing

  breasts in

  feminism in

  in tobacco industry

  Martek Biosciences Corporation

  Marx, Karl

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  maternal health care

  “maternal wall”

  maternity leave

  child mortality and

  Clinton on

  lawsuits for

  policies on

  Reagan on

  in U.S.

  Mead Johnson Nutrition. See also Jakobsen, Kasper

  AAP with

  formula marketing of

  media

  science in

  medical school

  Meijer

  men

  body politics of

  as physicians

  Metropolitan Police Department, D.C. (MPD)

  milk banks

  “milk nurses”

  milk quality

  milk reform

  milk supply

  MilkTrack

  Mock, Michele

  “mommy wars”

  Monell Chemical Senses Center

  Monsanto

  Montgomery, Allison

  Mortierella alpine

  Moskowitz, Howard

  mothers. See also African-American mothers; children; pregnancy

  Badinter on

  after birth

  cultural pressure on

  demands on

  devaluing of

  economics of

  education of

  exploitations of

  failures as

  feminist movement on

  freedom of

  health benefits for

  in hospitals

  mental health of

  pressure on

  public shaming of

  redefining

  sexuality of

  society on

  support for

  transitions for

  value of

  vanity of

  variabilities of

  “motivated skepticism”

  National Dairy Council

  National Organization for Women

  National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program

  National Twilight Sleep Association

  necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)

  neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

  Nestlé

  in Third World countries

  Nestle, Marion

  Nestlé Milk Food

  New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

  The New Internationalist

  New York Times

  “Nipplegate”

  Novartis Pharmaceuticals

  The Nutrition Factor (Berg)

  Obama, Michelle

  obesity

  scientific studies of

  oxytocin

  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

  pay gap

  pediatricians. See physicians

  Pediatrics

  peer reviews

  Pepsi

  Perrigo, Denise

  Perrigo Nutritionals

  Pew Research Center

  pharmaceutical companies

  physicians

  formula marketing by

  on lactation

  men as

  on women

  The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)

  policies

  Posner, Richard

  postpartum depression

  Pratt, Elijah

  pregnancy

  Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)

  Prego

  preterm infants

  Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT)

  public health

  public shaming

  pumped milk

  Pythium insidiosum

  racism. See also African-American mothers

  Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO Act)

  Raising Digital Families for Dummies (Bair)

  Ramey, David

  randomized controlled trial (RCT)

  Reagan, Ronald

  reproductive justice

  reproductive rights

  Ritalin

  Roe v. Wade

  Ross Laboratories

  Rotch, Thomas

  rubber nipple

  science

  for breastfeeding movement

  of infant feeding

  in media

  peer reviews in

  profit in

  scientific studies

  funding for

  of infant nutrition

  of obesity

  on solution aversion

  Selling Mothers’ Milk (Sussman)

  Senior, Jennifer

  Sex and the City

  sibling study

  Similac Advance Organic Complete Nutrition

  Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda and Winning (Nestle)

  soy bean industry

  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

  state-required newborn screenings

  Steinem, Gloria

  stories

  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

  sugar

  AAP on

  in formula

  Sussman, George D.

  systematic reviews

  tax deductions

  The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women (Badinter)

  Third World countries

  time mechanization

  Tisdall, Frederick

  tobacco industry

  “treatment”

  Troupe, Kimberly Hern

  Truth, Sojourner

  Tuskegee E
xperiment

  Twilight Sleep

  UNICEF

  United States (U.S.)

  child mortality in

  food deserts in

  growth charts

  maternity leave in

  United States Breastfeeding Coalition

  value

  of breast milk

  of breastfeeding

  of children

  of formula marketing

  of mothers

  of women

  The Vanguard Group

  very low birth weight babies (VLBW)

  Viagra

  weaning

  wet nurses

  WHO. See World Health Organization

  WHO code. See International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes

  WIC. See Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children

  Wilde, Oscar

  Williams, Florence

  Williams, Joan C.

  Wolf, Jacqueline

  women. See also feminism; mothers

  empowering of

  equality of

  health reform movement of

  liberation of

  manipulation of

  oppression of

  physicians on

  rights for

  sacrifice of

  value of

  Wood, Summer

  work environment

  World Health Organization (WHO)

  on child mortality

  on formula marketing

  World War I

  World War II

  About the Author

  Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist and a nationally recognized infant health advocate. A former Food and Community Fellow with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Allers has also led innovative on-the-ground initiatives nationwide to better understand the cultural and social influences of breastfeeding. A former writer at Fortune, her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, and Real Simple. She has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Anderson Cooper 360°, NPR, and other international outlets.

  Visit her online at www.kimberlysealsallers.com, or sign up for email updates here.

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  THE BIG LETDOWN. Copyright © 2017 by Kimberly Seals Allers. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  Cover design by Elsie Lyons

  Cover photograph: bottle with knot © Steve Bronstein/Getty Images

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Names: Seals-Allers, Kimberly, author.

  Title: The big letdown: how medicine, big business, and feminism undermine breastfeeding / Kimberly Seals Allers.

  Description: First edition.|New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2017.

 

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