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 …

Although successful breastfeeding conveys compelling advantages to infants and mothers,
inadequate breastfeeding may result in critical infant failure to thrive and hypernatremic …

Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the
ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In …

Background: Expectations for infant sleep development and for the appropriate degree of
parental proximity for infant sleep are culturally weighted and historically shifting aspects of …

It is well established that obese women are at increased risk of delayed lactogenesis and
short breastfeeding duration, but the underlying causal contributors remain unclear. This …

The observation that young child-feeding practices rarely conform to current global
recommendations is of major public health nutrition policy concern and raises questions …

Human milk is the ideal source of nutrition for most infants, but significant gaps remain in our
understanding of human milk biology. As part of addressing these gaps, the Breastmilk …

To investigate the effects of frequency and duration of breast-feeding on infants' milk intake
and weight gain, two groups of mother-infant pairs were studied during the first month after …

'Breast is best'is today's prevailing mantra. However, women–particularly first-time mothers–
frequently feel unsupported when they come to feed their baby. This new experience often …

Objective: to provide insight into the lived experience of breast feeding, in primiparous
women. The main focus was upon women's perceptions related to the adequacy of their …