During 1975, Nestle and other infant formula manufacturers agreed to curtail promotion of their products in developing countries. This curtailment resulted in a decrease in consumption of infant formula (when controlling for other variables) in 79 developing countries. Thus a causal link between promotion and consumption of the product is supported by the data and macroeconomic analyses in the study.
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