Everyday we read or hear about unhealthy foods - foods like infant formula, processed/packaged industrially made infant foods, junk foods, foods with high levels of starch, transfats, highly processed foods, which increase our risk of getting cancer, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and other non- communicable diseases (NCDs).

We also know that breastfeeding of children for two years , with exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, significantly reduces the risk of NCDs. Yet makers of infant milks, infant foods and other unhealthy foods bombard us every day with unethical advertising and false health and nutrition claims - images and words presenting their foods as safe, as healthy as good, as the right choice.

TAKE ACTION TO STOP PROMOTION OF UNHEALTHY FOODS. Ask the UN to stop partnering with the baby food and junk food industry.

Send the petition to the President of the United Nations General Assembly!

The UN is currently developing a “Political Declaration” and preparing for the High Level UN Summit on NCDs to be held in September at New York. The declaration proposes partnerships with private sector for its future work. That means manufacturers of unhealthy foods including infant foods and junk foods will be able to influence future strategies. That is an UNHEALTHY PARTERSHIP, you need to take action to stop it.

 Send the petition to the President of the United Nations General Assembly!

We believe that the strategies to prevent NCDs should put strong emphasis on support to women to continue breastfeeding up to two years, especially exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and end promotion of all foods for infants, and children. Therefore manufactures who market unhealthy foods should not be allowed to participate in developing strategies or making decisions regarding healthy foods and prevention of NCDs, as it is a clear case of conflict of interest.

TAKE ACTION TO STOP UNHEALTHY PARTNERSHIPS. Ask the UN to stop partnering with the private sector to develop strategies to control NCDs.

 Sources of information 

1. Will industry influence derail UN summit?
2. Commentary: UN high level meeting on non-communicable diseases: an opportunity for whom?
3. Call for endorsers of the NGO Statement on Conflicts of Interest
4. New research at Mount Sinai points to life’s early years in shaping our future health
5.  "Irrelevant" WHO outpaced by younger rivals
6.  Turning the tide on conflicts of interest
7. Evidence on the long-term effects of breastfeeding