Gabrielle Palmer

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The United Kingdom

gender

female

genre

Health, Mind & Body, Women & Gender Studies, Parenting & Families

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Gabrielle Palmer is a nutritionist and a campaigner. She was a breastfeeding counsellor in the 1970s and helped establish the UK pressure group Baby Milk Action. In the early 1980s she lived and worked as a volunteer in Mozambique. She has written, taught and campaigned on infant feeding issues, particularly the unethical marketing of baby foods.
In the 1990s she co-directed the International Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy course at The Institute of Child Health in London until she went to live in China for two years. She has worked independently for various health and development agencies, including serving as HIV and Infant Feeding Officer for UNICEF New York. She recently worked at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine wh...more

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Books by Gabrielle Palmer

Average rating: 4.37 · 92 ratings · 26 reviews · 2 distinct works

	The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts Are Bad for Business 4.40 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Complementary Feeding: Nutrition, Culture and Politics 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating: