Infant and Young Child Feeding

by Editor: Fiona Dykes (University of Central Lancashire); Editor: Victoria Hall-Moran (University of Central Lancashire)

• ISBN13: 9781444315325
• ISBN10: 1444315323
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This exciting book, edited by Fiona Dykes and Victoria Hall Moran and with a foreword from Gretel Pelto, explores in an integrated context the varied factors associated with infant and child nutrition, including global feeding strategies, cultural factors, issues influencing breastfeeding, and economic and life cycle influences

Table of Contents

Contributor biographies

Foreword

From Grand Design to Change on the Ground: Going to Scale with a Global Feeding Strategy

Introduction

How it all began

Grasping the global challenge

Summary recommendations

Conclusion

References

A Biocultural Basis for Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding

Introduction

WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

A biocultural approach to institutional change

Conclusion

References

Feeding Preterm Infants in Sweden: Challenges to Implementing the Global Strategy in a Pro-Breastfeeding Culture

Introduction

Breastfeeding preterm babies in Sweden

Breastfeeding as relationship building in the early phase

Breastfeeding at the 'training camp'

Breastfeeding at home - trying to experience a balance in needs

Paradigm shift

Conclusion

References

From 'to Learn' to 'To Know': Women's Embodied Knowledge of Breastfeeding in Japan

Introduction

The study

Social and historical background

Breastfeeding as bodily experience: findings from Japanese women's narratives

Discussion and implications

Conclusion

References

Breastfeeding and Poverty: Negotiating Cultural Change and Symbolic Capital of Motherhood in Québec, Canada

Introduction

Social experience of breastfeeding

Contextualising our study

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

Achieving Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices: Case Studies from Tanzania and Rwanda

Introduction

Infant feeding practices among mothers of unknown HIV status in Tanzania

Infant feeding practices among HIV+ mothers in Rwanda

Conclusion: bridging the gap between policy and actual practice to promote optimal infant feeding practices

References

Bodies in the Making: Reflections on Women's Consumption Practices in Pregnancy

Introduction

Background

Study aims, design and methodology

Consumption in pregnancy: socioeconomic grouping and autonomy

Consumption in pregnancy: prohibitions and exclusions

Consumption in pregnancy: cravings, calories and weight management

Autonomy and sociocultural constraints on choice and consumption

Conclusion

References

Homeless Mothers and Their Children: Two Generations at Nutritional Risk

Introduction

Defining homelessness

Homelessness in the UK and homeless mothers

The use of temporary accommodation in the UK

Homelessness and the health of mothers

Nutrition and homeless mothers

Homelessness and child feeding

The Global Strategy for Infant and Child Feeding and homeless mothers in the UK - bridging the gap between policy and practice

Conclusion

References

Lifecycle Influences and Opportunities for Change

Introduction

Disease risk, genotype and phenotype

Low birth weight

How strong is the link between birth size and chronic disease?

Maternal nutritional influences on nutritional phenotype of the newborn

Putative mechanism of phenotypic induction

Nutritional status of the child: impact of early growth

Conclusion

References

Use of Economics to Analyse Policies to Promote Breastfeeding

Introduction

Economic considerations

Economic terminology

Economic framework for assessing infant and young child nutrition and feeding strategies

Economic analysis of global breastfeeding strategy

Conclusion

References

Complex Challenges to Implementing the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding

References

Index

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