Malnutrition—consisting of undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient
deficiencies—continues to afflict millions of women and children, particularly in low-income …

Background There is extensive evidence of important health risks for infants and mothers
related to not breastfeeding. In 2003, the World Health Organization recommended that …

The COVID‐19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown and social distancing led to changes to
breastfeeding support available to women in the United Kingdom. Face‐to‐face professional …

The monographs contained in this volume were prepared at the eighty-third meeting of the
Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/World Health …

Executive summary The first few hours and days of a newborn's life are a critical window for
establishing lactation and for providing mothers with the support they need to breastfeed …

Although breast milk is the normative feeding for infants, breastfeeding rates are lower than
recommended. We investigated breastfeeding difficulties experienced by mothers in the first …

Primary care services should ensure that all women of childbearing age have the
opportunity to optimise their weight before pregnancy. Advice on weight and lifestyle should …

The rapid development of COVID-19 has completely altered the context of health care
across the UK and around the world. The speed and severity of the pandemic has taken us …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has posed several challenges to the provision of
newborn nutrition and care interventions including maternal support, breastfeeding and …

Public health and health service interventions are typically complex: they are multifaceted,
with impacts at multiple levels and on multiple stakeholders. Systematic reviews evaluating …