Breastfeeding At Risk

Formula marketing and biased media undermine public health

Peggy O'Mara
8 min readAug 18, 2022

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Recent media coverage of the infant formula shortage and of new breastfeeding guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics have undermined public health.

Coverage of the infant formula crisis has largely focused on mothers shaming one another because of their feeding choices, rather than on…

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Peggy O'Mara

Peggy O’Mara is an award winning journalist. She was the Editor and Publisher of Mothering Magazine for over 30 years. Her focus is Family, Health, and Justice.