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 …

Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda

CG Victora, P Christian, LP Vidaletti… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary 13 years after the first Lancet Series on maternal and child undernutrition, we
reviewed the progress achieved on the basis of global estimates and new analyses of 50 …

Microplastic release from the degradation of polypropylene feeding bottles during infant formula preparation

D Li, Y Shi, L Yang, L Xiao, DK Kehoe, YK Gun'ko… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Polypropylene-based products are commonly used for food preparation and storage, but
their capacity to release microplastics is poorly understood. We investigated the potential …

First‐food systems transformations and the ultra‐processing of infant and young child diets: The determinants, dynamics and consequences of the global rise in …

P Baker, T Santos, PA Neves, P Machado… - Maternal & child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The inappropriate marketing and aggressive promotion of breastmilk substitutes (BMS)
undermines breastfeeding and harms child and maternal health in all country contexts …

Individual, family, and socioeconomic contributors to dental caries in children from low-and middle-income countries

M Yousaf, T Aslam, S Saeed, A Sarfraz… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Collective evidence on risk factors for dental caries remains elusive in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). The objective was to conduct a systematic review and …

[HTML][HTML] A proposal to recognize investment in breastfeeding as a carbon offset

JP Smith, P Baker, R Mathisen, A Long… - Bulletin of the World …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Policy-makers need to rethink the connections between the economy and health. The World
Health Organization Council on the Economics of Health for All has called for human and …

Why do mothers mix milk feed their infants? Results from a systematic review

C Monge-Montero, LF van der Merwe… - Nutrition …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Context Combining or supplementing breastfeeding with formula feeding, also called mixed
milk feeding (MMF), is a common infant feeding practice. However, there is no well …

Docosahexaenoic acid in formulas for term infants: The way from pioneer idea to mandatory dietary recommendation

T Decsi, T Marosvölgyi, É Szabó - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a novel mandatory constituent of breast-milk-substitute
infant formula in Europe. The aim of the present narrative review was to summarize …

Consumption of breast milk, formula and other non-human milk by children aged under 2 years: analysis of eighty-six low-and middle-income countries

PAR Neves, AJD Barros, P Baker, E Piwoz… - Public health …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objective: To investigate the prevalence and socio-economic inequalities in breast milk,
breast milk substitutes (BMS) and other non-human milk consumption, by children under 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing infant and young child feeding recommendations from a planetary health perspective

A Santos-Guzmán, JA Rivera, M Unar-Munguía… - Advances in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Current international infant and young child (IYC) feeding recommendations consider
nutrition and health but not environmental impacts. Only a handful of countries have dietary …