Global evidence of persistent violations of the international code of marketing of breast‐milk substitutes: A systematic scoping review

GE Becker, P Zambrano, C Ching… - Maternal & child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of marketing on infant and young child feeding and health is well recognized,
and an International Code was adopted by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 1981 to …

Overpromoted and underregulated: National binding legal measures related to commercially produced complementary foods in seven Southeast Asian countries are …

J Blankenship, T Nguyen, JM White… - Maternal & Child …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The market for commercially produced complementary foods (CPCF) is rapidly expanding in
Southeast Asia; however, the existence and content of mandatory national policies …

Childhood stunting and wasting in Myanmar: Key drivers and implications for policies and programmes

JL Blankenship, J Cashin, TT Nguyen… - Maternal & Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Child undernutrition is a public health and development problem in Myanmar that is
jeopardizing children's physical and cognitive development and the country's social and …

[HTML][HTML] Misalignment of global COVID-19 breastfeeding and newborn care guidelines with World Health Organization recommendations

DV Hoang, J Cashin, K Gribble, K Marinelli… - … , Prevention & Health, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods Guidance documents from 33 countries on the care of infants whose mothers were
suspected or confirmed as having COVID-19 were assessed for alignment with WHO …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of the code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes in Vietnam: marketing practices by the industry and perceptions of caregivers and health …

TT Nguyen, HTT Tran, J Cashin, VDC Nguyen… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The promotion of breastmilk substitutes (BMS) is an important barrier to
successful breastfeeding. Objective: To examine the enactment and implementation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Bridging the evidence-to-action gap: enhancing alignment of national nutrition strategies in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam with global and regional …

TT Nguyen, NL Huynh, PN Huynh, P Zambrano… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Nutrition policies are critical frameworks for tackling the triple burden of malnutrition,
including undernutrition (ie, stunting and wasting), overweight, and hidden hunger (ie …

[HTML][HTML] Beliefs and norms associated with the use of ultra-processed commercial milk formulas for pregnant women in Vietnam

TT Nguyen, J Cashin, C Ching, P Baker, HT Tran… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Commercial milk formula for pregnant women (CMF-PW) is an expensive, ultra-processed
food with a high concentration of sugar, the consumption of which may be linked to negative …

[HTML][HTML] awareness, perceptions, gaps, and uptake of maternity protection among formally employed women in Vietnam

TT Nguyen, J Cashin, HTT Tran, DH Vu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Maternity protection is a normative fundamental human right that enables women to
combine their productive and reproductive roles, including breastfeeding. The aim of this …

National nutrition strategies that focus on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Southeast Asia do not consistently align with regional and international …

TT Nguyen, A Darnell, A Weissman… - Maternal & Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the consistency of national nutrition strategies and action plans (NNS)
focusing on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Southeast Asia with regional and …

Babies before business: protecting the integrity of health professionals from institutional conflict of interest

GE Becker, C Ching, TT Nguyen, J Cashin… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Manufacturers and distributors of commercial milk formula (CMF), or breast milk substitutes
(BMS), a US $55 billion industry, 1 have a duty to their shareholders to maximise sales …