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Breast vs bottle: the new battleground ; Just as the Department of Health is trying to promote breastfeeding, food giant Nestle, makers of powdered baby milk, is forging links with the Government.

The powdered milk manufacturer Nestle has forged formal links with the Department of Health and took a ministerial aide on an all- expenses-paid trip to South Africa, The Independent on Sunday has discovered.

To coincide with the start of National Breastfeeding Awareness Week today, the Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson, is under pressure to encourage mothers to give their babies breast milk beyond six months. Evidence suggests it helps curb obesity in the poorest families and prevents illness.

Children's charities also want the Government to impose an outright ban on the promotion of powdered formula milk because they claim it encourages women to stop breastfeeding too early.

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