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 …

Bedsharing is controversial for nighttime caregiving in the US today, as in most of the West.
However, from the standpoint of evolutionary pediatrics, anthropology, and cultural …

Background Even if women have intention to breastfeed, they do not always achieve a
successful breastfeeding. Aim This study aims to analyse factors affecting breastfeeding …

OBJECTIVES Describe characteristics of sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID) occurring
on shared or nonshared sleep surfaces. METHODS We examined SUID among residents of …

Background Breastfeeding has many health, economic and environmental benefits for both
the infant and pregnant individual. Due to these benefits, the World Health Organization and …

Despite decades of research establishing the importance of breastfeeding, skin‐to‐skin
contact and mother–infant closeness, the response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

A central goal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) is the development of
clinical protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding …

Studies have shown that breastfeeding is associated with a lower risk of Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome (SIDS)(1, 2) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID)(3), and the …

Infants evolved in the context of close contact (including co-sleeping). Evolutionary context is
rarely considered in psychological infant sleep research, and Western sleep researchers …

A central goal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical
protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success …