“A Chicago study of 20,000 infants, all from poor families, all under the supervision of local welfare clinics, revealed that at nine… — Gabrielle Palmer Family Copy Share Image
“The discouragement of sleeping with the baby at night, which had been the norm since the dawn of human life, spread throughout… — Gabrielle Palmer Human life Copy Share Image
“A baby’s relationship with her mother is the primary experience of love. Does anyone fall in love to a schedule?” — Gabrielle Palmer Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Before these changes in policy the economic activity rates for both men and women had been recorded as equal at about 98%;… — Gabrielle Palmer Change Copy Share Image
“An analysis of the effect of sponsorship on doctors showed that 61% of physicians believe that promotions do not influence their own… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“The infant feeding industry provides products, research grants, health information, gifts and sponsorship for conferences: all the activities believed to be essential… — Gabrielle Palmer Business Copy Share Image
“The Code’s purpose is transparent; like international football rules, it aims to make the game fair for everyone – except that infant… — Gabrielle Palmer Life Copy Share Image
“In every country, rich or poor, thousands of babies are treated for illness every day because they are given foods and fluids… — Gabrielle Palmer Every day Copy Share Image
“11. All products should be of a high quality and take account of the climatic and storage conditions of the country where… — Gabrielle Palmer High quality Copy Share Image
“The human species has only engaged in agriculture and pasturage for 12,000 to 15,000 years, a mere 1% of our time on… — Gabrielle Palmer Life Copy Share Image
“No amount of advice will prevent the women from carrying on this deadly habit.” This was written in 1917, but the attitude… — Gabrielle Palmer Habits Copy Share Image
“When babies are fed at prescribed intervals and their time at the breast curtailed, then the wonderful dance that the bodies of… — Gabrielle Palmer Dance Copy Share Image
“If poor people were not diagnosed as incompetent, to whom would the experts sell their expertise?” — Gabrielle Palmer Poor people Copy Share Image
“It was the medical staff, not the mothers, who resisted the idea that breastfeeding worked.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“it is an oversimplification to pinpoint just one as a cause of breastfeeding decline. The common factors that have been repeated around… — Gabrielle Palmer Around the world Copy Share Image
“How long a baby suckles has nothing to do with nipple damage. Most commonly it is due to the baby being prevented… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Most innovations arise more out of the desire to profit from waste or surplus products than the quest to meet human need.” — Gabrielle Palmer Adventure Copy Share Image
“The destruction of breastfeeding threatens our ecosystem as much as over-fishing, over-grazing or forest destruction.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“US black women are three times more likely to die than white women from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, and this… — Gabrielle Palmer Black women Copy Share Image
“Community-based promotion of exclusive breastfeeding can work wonders. Counsellors do not need to be health workers, they just need high quality training,… — Gabrielle Palmer Fitness Copy Share Image
“Waiting for two minutes, or until the cord has stopped pulsating, before clamping, enables blood transfer from the placenta to the baby.… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“What is shameful is that with current knowledge of the effects of overwork, lack of health and safety standards, inadequate diet and… — Gabrielle Palmer Health Copy Share Image
“The famous US political family, the Kennedys, were known for their numerous children, yet were never condemned for contributing to overpopulation.” — Gabrielle Palmer Children Copy Share Image
“A common North American and European attitude is to criticise a low-income family but accept profligate fertility among the rich.” — Gabrielle Palmer Family Copy Share Image
“It is this ability to detach ourselves from other people’s tragedies that is so dangerous. It is this ‘switching off’ which allowed… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
