Abbott's Commitment to Child Nutrition

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At Abbott, we are committed to the nutritional health and wellbeing of children and families. We want to do our part to ensure that parents receive the information and support they need to feed their children successfully

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• Our Promise
• Spotlight on Asia

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• Abbott is a global leader with a proven track record of safety.
• Throughout the manufacturing process, world-class controls and practices assure that our products are safe and effective.
• Abbott's comprehensive quality control systems ensure that each food ingredient's purity and identity is verified.
• Abbott infant formulas are made in the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and Singapore.
• Learn more about Abbott's quality and safety, and the international guidelines that we follow:
• • Abbott's Quality and Safety
  • Global Manufacturing Practices (U.S. FDA)
  • Infant Formula Act (U.S. FDA)
  • Codex Alimentarius Standards
  • Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (WHO)

• Abbott is a leader in optimal infant nutrition education and advocacy, and is committed to supporting the well-informed decisions parents make in terms of how to feed their babies.
• Mothers overwhelmingly know that breastfeeding is best for babies – 9 out of 10 women (85 percent) say breastfeeding is healthier for the child.*
• And while breastfeeding rates today are the highest ever recorded, there is still a strong need for more support to ensure babies receive the optimal form of nutrition – whether through exclusive or partial breastfeeding, or breast-milk substitutes.
• Learn more from the following resources:
• • A Shared Responsibility
  • The Role of Infant Formula
  • Business Backs Breastfeeding

• Malnutrition remains the world's most serious health problem and the single biggest contributor to child mortality.
• Nearly one-third of children in the developing world are either underweight or stunted.
• More than 30 percent of the developing world's population suffers from micronutrient deficiencies.
• Malnutrition often takes place in the womb and during the first two years of life – a stage of life when this damage is irreversible.
• Learn more from the following resources:
• • Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development (The World Bank)
  • World Hunger Series, Hunger & Health (World Food Programme)
  • Undernutrition in Children from Underdeveloped Countries (IFM)
  • Malnutrition: A Hidden Cost in Health Care (Abbott)

• Abbott has been a leader in breastfeeding education for decades.
• With breastfeeding rates in the U.S. at one of the highest levels in recent history – in-hospital breastfeeding rates in the U.S. have increased from 25 percent in 1971 to 65 percent today – proper education is still important.
• In the U.S., we provide materials that help educate health care professionals on the latest breastfeeding information and advice, as well as materials that health care professionals can use with new mothers.
• Learn more from the following resources:
• • For Healthcare Professionals
  • CDC Growth Charts

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• Partners in Improving Nutrition
• Industry Commitment
• WHO Code Commitment
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Safety and Safe Feeding Practices

• Parents' Right to Information
• FAQS
• The Role of Infant Formula
• Obesity and Chronic Disease Concerns
• Safety and Safe Feeding Practices
• Infant Formula Composition
• WHO Code Compliance
• Developing Countries
• HIV/AIDS-Infected Mothers

• Experts agree that breastfeeding is best for babies. Abbott supports breastfeeding and promotes breast milk as the optimal form of infant nutrition.
• If breastfeeding is not an option, iron-fortified infant formula remains the only safe, nutritious, and recommended alternative to breast milk that is proven to help infants grow and develop into healthy children.
• The following guides provide advice for feeding newborns, preemies and toddlers:
• • Breastfeeding: Getting Started
  • Starting to breastfeed: tips for new moms
  • Bottlefeeding a newborn (Cleveland Clinic)
  • Feeding your pre-term baby
  • Transitional feeding guide (Introduction to solid foods)