Breast Feeding Ads

The controversy surrounding the DHHS advertisements for the benefits of breast feeding may seem confusing to the public. If these advertisements are supposed to be beneficial, then why were they changed? Unfortunately, when the DHHS released ads that shed a negative light upon formula, the Industry pushed back harder. The baby formula industry specifically hired lobbyists and worked to change the DHHS itself. Their pressure was great enough, and the adds were changed to even promote baby formula. I think the changing of this ad is an affront to the public as it portrayed the opposite intended message. In the future, I would hope that another event like this would be resolved either by just removing the adds if they are seen as problematic or in the best possible scenario the government would value its citizens health more than a few lobbyists' words. These ads are truly in the best interest of the public, and should be ran more. The only issue is dealing with the negative feedback of those profiteering off of whatever it is that may be harmful.