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 …

[KÖNYV][B] WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low birth weight infant

World Health Organization - 2022 - books.google.com
This guideline aims to improve the quality of care and the health and wellbeing of the
preterm or low birthweight infant aged 0-24 months. It is a guideline of new and updated …

Breastfeeding in a global context: epidemiology, impact, and future directions

K North, M Gao, G Allen, ACC Lee - Clinical Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction More than 98% of infant deaths occur in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs). Breastfeeding improves infant survival and protects against certain illnesses, such …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children …

NH Phelps, RK Singleton, B Zhou, RA Heap, A Mishra… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes
throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of …

Overcoming barriers to breastfeeding

C Tomori - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Breastfeeding is the evolved human infant feeding norm, practiced historically and across
cultures. Over the past 200 years, breastfeeding practices have eroded, reaching a nadir in …

Risk factors for self‐reported insufficient milk during the first 6 months of life: A systematic review

S Segura‐Pérez, L Richter, EC Rhodes… - Maternal & Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this systematic review was to identify multifactorial risk factors for self‐
reported insufficient milk (SRIM) and delayed onset of lactation (DOL). The review protocol …

A proposal to recognize investment in breastfeeding as a carbon offset

JP Smith, P Baker, R Mathisen, A Long… - Bulletin of the World …, 2024 - pmc.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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] La lactancia materna. Cómo promover y apoyar la lactancia materna en la práctica pediátrica. Recomendaciones del Comité de Lactancia de la AEP

MTH Aguilar, JA Maldonado - Anales de Pediatría, 2005 - Elsevier
Desde las primeras llamadas de alerta en 1974 y 1978 de la Asamblea Mundial de la
Salud1, en las últimas tres décadas las bajas tasas de incidencia y duración de la lactancia …