Naomi Hull

Do Aust'n health professionals get guidance from their prof associations wrt their obligations under the I'national Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes? In 2021, the ACCC determined they do, so we set out to find out for sure.

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Why are infant formula donations unhelpful? What made it to my Zotero file last week #9

Why are infant formula donations unhelpful?

#IYCFE #Emergencies #InfantFeeding #Breastfeeding #Donation #Charity #Humanitarian #Conflict #Famine

My latest substack - this time in response to a news piece laying blame and responsibility on parents to kee their babies safe from contaminated infant formula.
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Naomi Hull IBCLC MPH (@naomihull) Check out my latest Substack on the discussion on the future Australian National Food Security Strategy.

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Australia: A land of flood, fire and famine. What made it to my Zotero file last week #7

My latest Substack on the Australian National Food Security Strategy. Australia: A land of flood, fire and famine. open.substack.com/pub/nahull/p...

My latest Substack - now up to number six in this weekly series! Yay me 🤣
This one is a short summary of the latest State of the World's Food and Nutrition Security report that was launched at the end of July.
Happy to hear comments, feedback, or other thoughts if you have them.
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Hot off the press! 🔥 our new case study on political lobbying by the baby food industry and how it influenced New Zealand governments decision to opt out of regulations intended to protect infant health. Please see below for the full article 👇 with congrats to Naomi Hull for her leadership on this!

🧵3/3 This is timely given the current work in Australia to restrict the marketing of infant formula and what the formula industry has to say about it. You can read what they are saying about the matter (publicly) here ➡️ www.accc.gov.au/public-regis... and ➡️ www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

🧵2/3 The NZ govt bowed to lobbying, departing from the revised standard to limit misleading labels on formula tins. Evidence of many meetings between formula execs and NZ ministers. Strong regulation of lobbying needed to safeguard infant health from profit. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧵1/3 New paper! Profits Before Health? New Zealand Government Rejection of Stricter Infant Formula Marketing Standards and the Lobbying Behind It. Read it here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@philbakernz.bsky.social @mboatwright.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au

Have you heard? It's World Breastfeeding Week. What made it to my Zotero file #5

Substack#5 had to be about World Breastfeeding Week 2025 🤱🏽🤱🏼🤱🏾🤱
#WBW2025

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Wet nursing - an important strategy for securing access to breastfeeding in emergencies What made it to my Zotero last week #4

This week I write about UNICEF's recent publication "Technical and operational guidance for increasing access to breastmilk through wet nursing in emergency settings".
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Latest read: Ultra-Processed Women:The lies we're fed about what we eat and how to break free, by Milli Hill. What made it to my Zotero File last week #2

Next instalment - what made it to my Zotero file last week #2 - this time it's a book review: Ultra-Processed Women by Milli Hill.
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Sponsorship of health professional events and education by the commercial formula industry. What made it to my Zotero File last week #1

Need to develop some new writing habits, so going to do weekly Substack posts discussing recent publications that have interested me. Here's my first one.
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To demonstrate my point - here is a collection of media headings from the last week. If you have seen any that are the counterpoint aside from Clare's (above) I'd love to hear about them 🙏

3/3 News articles about the lack of formula supply are what the formula industry loves - elevation of importance and 'life-saving' nature of the tinned powder. Plus, the halo effect for donating their product. Meanwhile, women are left malnourished, unsupported and even separated from their babies.

2/3 While I understand there will be a need for formula to be supplied, given the high loss of women's lives in this protracted, man-made conflict, I wonder where the media callout is for better support of women (provision of safe space and counselling) and protection of breastfeeding?

Hunger in Gaza: When starving babies is the strategy, not just the outcome As a mother and academic who studies Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies, Dr Clare Patton never expected to witness the cruelty of Gaza.

1/3 Thanks for writing this @clarepatton.bsky.social I've been watching the recent media blitz on starving babies in Gaza with the usual emphasis on lack of formula supplies. www.thejournal.ie/readme/gaza-...

From Assessment to Action: Implementing WBTi to Strengthen National Breastfeeding Policies A webinar of the Global Breastfeeding Collective

From Assessment to Action: Implementing WBTi to Strengthen National Breastfeeding Policies
Webinar July 3rd! 11pm AEST.
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Overnight, the member nations of the World Health Assembly moved to regulate the digital marketing of commercial milk formulas and baby foods. www.who.int/news/item/26...

Will the NZ Govt reconsider their decision to put export dollars before the health of babies in their departure from FSANZ regulations for the first time (sustained) in history?
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It was a priveledge also to be asked to speak on the topic of infant formula regulation - that we could also think of as 'breastfeeding protection'. Joined by Australian Breastfeeding Association, WBTiAUS and other colleagues was a positive robust discussion

Food Policy and Regulation Forum 2025

1/2 Thank's to PHAA for great opportunity to meet+engage with Dept of health and colleagues on Aust'n regulatory issues. Fantastic to have infants and young children on the agenda - marketing of infant formula and of commercial foods for IYC. www.prevention2025.com/fprf @publichealthaus.bsky.social

Hairdressers this afternoon means time to get started on this. Been looking forward to it @stuartgillespie.bsky.social

“To what extent is it ethical to build your marketing strategy on exploiting that parental instinct to do the best for their child?”
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How multinational dairy companies convinced ministers to back away from new rules for baby formula Tougher guidelines were 11 years in the making. But for multinational dairy companies, profits were at stake.

And the leading story - how the NZ Govt was lobbied to leave the updated FSANZ regulation of formula tin labelling threatening it would impact sales to China and Danone would have tot ake their business elsewhere (out of NZ). www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Minister Andrew Hoggard’s sister lobbied him opposing tougher baby formula rules Food Safety Minister Andrew Hoggard said he managed the conflict of interest appropriately.

From Friday 4th April - Minister potential Conflict of Interest given his sister is an Exec. Director of Dairy Comp Assoc of NZ www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

Government considers u-turn on baby formula rules after industry shift The formula companies wanted the government to opt out of tougher regulation, but now they want back in.

From Mon 7th April some BIg Formula want back in to protect their trade with Australia. www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

Formula firms fight against expanded online ad ban despite WHO warnings The industry body representing the companies even met with NZ diplomats in Geneva to raise its concerns about marketing restrictions.

Anusha Bradley, Radio NZ have done an incredible job of exposing the way Big Formula in NZ have played their part in downplaying health needs of infants and young children to prioritise their own profit. I will link them all in a thread. This one is today's installment www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

Disappointing to see a Nurse ‘free’ Prof Devt module on ‘Mixed Feeding’ sponsored by #Nutricia. With enrollment details being provided to sponsor and course materials being provided by sponsor. #haloeffect