Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world

R Pérez-Escamilla, C Tomori, S Hernández-Cordero… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
In this Series paper, we examine how mother and baby attributes at the individual level
interact with breastfeeding determinants at other levels, how these interactions drive …

[HTML][HTML] The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress

P Baker, JP Smith, A Garde, LM Grummer-Strawn… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Despite increasing evidence about the value and importance of breastfeeding, less than half
of the world's infants and young children (aged 0–36 months) are breastfed as …

Behind the 'creative destruction'of human diets: An analysis of the structure and market dynamics of the ultra‐processed food manufacturing industry and implications …

B Wood, O Williams, P Baker… - Journal of Agrarian …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A global transition towards diets increasingly dominated by ultra‐processed foods (UPFs)
has occurred in recent decades to the detriment of public health and the environment. This …

[图书][B] Born too soon: decade of action on preterm birth

World Health Organization - 2023 - books.google.com
Every year, 1 in 10 babies are born too soon. Preterm birth is the leading cause of under-5
child deaths and accounts for over one third of all newborn deaths. A preterm baby's …

Global lessons for strengthening breastfeeding as a key pillar of food security

C Tomori - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Breastfeeding is identified as a central pillar of food security by the World Health
Organization, however globally significant challenges remain in achieving breastfeeding …

Biocultural lactation: integrated approaches to studying lactation within and beyond anthropology

EA Quinn, AEL Palmquist… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
This review examines anthropological contributions over the past decade to the biocultural
processes and practices of lactation via the analytical pillars of colonialism, racial capitalism …

The global challenge of childhood obesity and its consequences: what can be done?

ZA Bhutta, SA Norris, M Roberts… - The Lancet Global Health, 2023 - thelancet.com
Although there is concern over the changing epidemiology and increasing trends of obesity
in childhood and adolescence, which has risen steadily over the past decade, 1 including a …

Promoting breastfeeding in women with gestational diabetes mellitus in high-income settings: an integrative review

G Otter, D Davis, E Kurz, ME Hooper, A Shield… - International …, 2024 - Springer
Background Breastfeeding provides many short-and long-term health benefits for mothers
and their infants and is a particularly relevant strategy for women who experience …

Innovative financing for a gender-equitable first-food system to mitigate greenhouse gas impacts of commercial milk formula: investing in breastfeeding as a carbon …

JP Smith, B Borg, A Iellamo, TT Nguyen… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Women's contributions to food production and food security are often overlooked, thus
perpetuating inequitable and unsustainable globalized commercial food systems. Women's …

Barriers and facilitators for the donation and acceptance of human breast milk: a scoping review

EG Mathias, DS Patil, A Kolakemar, JB Krishnan… - Current nutrition …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Human milk is the best source of nutrients for all infants. When a
mother's own milk is unavailable, the World Health Organization suggests using donor …