Abstract:This research discusses how the legal environment around breastfeeding had been constructed in Brazil starting at the XX century: from the time Europeans arrived in the country, the breastfeeding was being abandoned, as it started to be seen as a practice of small nutritional and affective value, going through moments when the food industry was seen as the one able to solve more effectively the nutritional needs of babies and also of convenience for mothers. However, in the decade of 1970, a strong social move… Show more
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