Prevalence, duration, and content of television advertisements for breast milk substitutes and commercially produced complementary foods in P hnom P enh, C ambodia and D akar, S enegal

Promotion of breast milk substitutes (BMS) and inappropriate marketing of commercially produced complementary foods (CPCF), including through television, can negatively influence infant and young child feeding. The World Health Organization International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions prohibit such advertising and require manufacturers and distributors to comply with...