0 milk produced by a woman's body to feed her baby:
The mother's antibodies can be passed on in her breastmilk.
The milk bank distributes donated breast milk to premature and low-birth-weight babies.
Studies have found breast milk is high in protein and has several properties that help prevent infections.
Nursing mothers should avoid medications that can affect breast milk.
Artificial formula mimics the balance of fats and proteins found in breast milk.
They are worried about levels of toxins found in breastmilk.
In its present form, the code seeks to achieve its objective by banning the advertising of breast-milk substitutes.
All the 48 professional bodies involved in the debate believe that advertising of breast milk substitutes should be banned.
Formula milk, as opposed to breast milk, has only recently been discovered to have long-term risks, which were previously unidentified.
The manufacture of breast milk substitutes is a very profitable business.
