Rebecca Davenport

Infant feeding specialist midwife , IBCLC , NIFN member , tongue tie practitioner, small business owner, mum . Views and opinions are my own .

[boobingit @boobingit]

A new short film, “Just a Coffee”, explores the quiet worries many new mothers have when breastfeeding in public - wondering if people might stare, judge, or make them feel uncomfortable.

Read more: https://t.co/cRWAwDAJnA

@Leicester_News #breastfeedinginpublic

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

In 2007 the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition said

“We find the case for labelling infant formula or follow on formula with health or nutrition claims entirely unsupportable. If an ingredient is unequivocally beneficial as demonstrated by independent review of scientific data it would be unethical to withhold it for commercial reasons. Rather it should be made a required ingredient of infant formula in order to reduce existing risks associated with artificial feeding.”

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

I want to tell you about an emerging scandal about the infant formula industry reported in the @bmjlatest and the @FT.
https://t.co/4dJMMK2RBL

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

Here’s what’s happened: three formula companies, Nestlé, Danone and Lactalis have found a toxin called cereulide in their formula - it stops the body’s cells being able to make energy and it’s not destroyed by cooking/heat. https://t.co/8zEVyYiQQZ

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions.
This week @TheLancet published a landmark three-part series on the science, policy and politics of #UPF. https://t.co/CNhNhLaLA0

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

Honored to have been on the committee for this update which took a monumental 3 yrs! If your work supports eating well/feeding/nutrition among pregnant/breastfeeding women, women & families with babies & young children, in their homes, early years settings or where ever, DO READ!

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

Astounding story about @tesco breaking the World Health Organisation’s International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. with an in-store infant feeding advice service funded by the formula milk firm Danone. 🧵

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

UK supermarket Tesco is being urged to drop an “unethical” pilot of an in-store infant feeding advice service in which midwives funded by the formula milk firm Danone are expected to wear branded uniforms and undergo training by the company
@rebeccacoombes
https://t.co/rYnDI1S8nj

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

https://t.co/BHK1PLgs3o

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

Delighted our support to expose the issues with this pilot have lead to its discontinuation. UK laws need upgrading inline with #BMSCode to protect the health of all infants, however they are fed #EndExploitativeMarketing

@BflgUk @GwynneMP @SKinnock

https://t.co/q7R33TpJwy

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

We explain this more in section 2 of our 2023 report https://t.co/cYtCxysOHV @PhilBakerNZ @Baronessjenkin @StuartGillesp16 @Rob_Percival_ @DoctorChrisVT

[Dr Vicky Sibson @SibsonVicky]

@ClinExpAllergy @UNICEF_uk @1stepsnutrition @FlorinDanPopesc @Prof_AmyBrown @OHA_updates @actiononsugar @DoctorChrisVT @ibfanglobal @DrNShenker @beckydav @HIFN12 @GP_IFN @DrTomori @_breastfeeding @BSACI_Allergy @worldallergy @EAACI_HQ @ascia_news @PhilBakerNZ And to limit #marketing, first and foremost! #EndExploitativeMarketing

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

Hot off the press. The prevalence of obesity in reception aged children has INCREASED from 9.2% to 9.6%, 2022/23 to 2023/24 - WAKE UP Govt please, & take action to enable babies to eat well from the start of life https://t.co/epT1j0xFbz @OHA_updates @Childrensfood @wesstreeting @GwynneMP

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

@ClareFarrand shares @WHO #breastfeeding recs

[Dr Vicky Sibson @SibsonVicky]

Great to be able to have a proper detailed discussion about the problem with #formula marketing in the UK & why plain labelling might be a part of the solution

#EndExploitativeMarketing

Thx to @DoctorChrisVT raising the profile of this impt issue

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

Good news! Our editorial has received over 1,000 views since publication! Read it here https://t.co/z5DyscI4lq #ViewsMilestone

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

@BflgUk My interview on this with @LBC @NickFerrariLBC this morning: https://t.co/0qek1UTPs5

[Clinical & Experimental Allergy @ClinExpAllergy]

Low-allergy formula prescriptions in England increased 3.8-fold from 2007 to 2023 without evidence for increased milk allergy prevalence
@sibsonvicky @DrNShenker @beckydav @HIFN12 @GP_IFN @DrChrisVT @DrTomori @_breastfeeding @BSACI_Allergy @worldallergy @EAACI_HQ @AAAAI_org

[Clinical & Experimental Allergy @ClinExpAllergy]

Specialised formulas are over-used, over-priced & obesogenic. Labour government urged to strengthen regulations to protect infant health
Article link: https://t.co/ciDllQMvnp

@sibsonvicky @globalhlthtwit @DrNShenker @beckydav @HIFN12 @GP_IFN @DrChrisVT @DrTomori
@_breastfeeding