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 …

What works to protect, promote and support breastfeeding on a large scale: a review of reviews

C Tomori, S Hernández‐Cordero… - Maternal & child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Globally women continue to face substantial barriers to breastfeeding. The 2016 Lancet
Breastfeeding Series identified key barriers and reviewed effective interventions that …

Global prevalence of WHO infant feeding practices in 57 LMICs in 2010–2018 and time trends since 2000 for 44 LMICs

H Wu, M Zhao, CG Magnussen, B Xi - EClinicalMedicine, 2021 - thelancet.com
Abstract Background The World Health Assembly set a global target of increasing exclusive
breastfeeding for infants under 6 months to at least 50% by year 2025. However, little is …

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 …

Counselling interventions to enable women to initiate and continue breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A McFadden, L Siebelt, JL Marshall, A Gavine… - International …, 2019 - Springer
Background Many infants worldwide are not breastfeeding according to WHO
recommendations and this impacts on the health of women and children. Increasing …

Breastfeeding, physical growth, and cognitive development

JT Wallenborn, GA Levine, A Carreira dos Santos… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: In our study, we used data from the ongoing prospective Western Region Birth
cohort in São Paulo, Brazil. Children were recruited at birth and managed for 3 years …

Breastfeeding education and support to improve early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding practices and infant growth: a cluster randomized controlled trial from a …

M Abdulahi, A Fretheim, A Argaw, JH Magnus - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Although peer-led education and support may improve breastfeeding practices, there is a
paucity of evidence on the effectiveness of such interventions in the Ethiopian context. We …

[HTML][HTML] Text messaging interventions for breastfeeding outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Fan, J Li, JYH Wong, DYT Fong, KMP Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Given the health benefits of breastfeeding for infants and mothers,
breastfeeding has become a significant public health issue. The global growth of mobile …

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on nutritional status, feeding practices, and access to food among infants and children in lower and middle-income countries: a …

PH Zhu, SN Mhango, A Vinnakota, M Mansour… - Current Tropical …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The COVID-19 pandemic has affected children across the
planet and the consequences on their health, nutritional status, and social structure have …

Association between mother's education and infant and young child feeding practices in South Asia

M Tariqujjaman, MM Hasan, M Mahfuz, M Hossain… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
The association between mother's education and the World Health Organization's (WHO's)
eight Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) core indicators has yet to be explored in South …