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History and culture of breastfeeding. The history and culture of breastfeeding traces changing social, medical and legal attitudes to breastfeeding, the act of feeding a child breast milk directly from breast to mouth. Breastfeeding may be performed by the infant's mother or by a surrogate, typically called a wet nurse.
Katherine Ann Dettwyler is an American anthropologist and advocate of breastfeeding. [1] She was an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware.In 2017, she gained media attention for her comments regarding Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old college student who received fatal brain damage while imprisoned in North Korea.
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is an annual celebration which is held every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 120 countries. According to the 26 August data of WBW website [ 1 ] , 540 events have been held worldwide by more than 79 countries with 488 organizations and 406,620 participants for the World Breastfeeding Week 2010 .
By the 1930s “the milk wars” were over, cow’s milk was safe to drink — and doctors claimed the formulas had become obsolete, joking that the complex equations didn’t seem to have a ...
Breastfeeding in public in China has traditionally been uncontroversial, and objection had been unheard of until the 2010s. The recent few instances of objection are apparently an effect of the magnification of social media. In Shanghai, breastfeeding in public is considered embarrassing by some, but it is also accepted by many. There have been ...
Breastfeeding is also associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes among mothers who practice it. [219] Longer duration of breastfeeding is associated with reduced risk of hypertension. [217] For breastfeeding women, long-term health benefits include reduced risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and endometrial cancer.
Breastfeeding promotion is a movement that came about in the twentieth century in response to high rates of bottle-feeding among mothers, and in recognition of the many health benefits to both mothers and children that breastfeeding offers. While infant formula had been introduced in developed countries in the 1920s as a healthy way to feed one ...
The painting Macierzynstwo by Stanisław Wyspiański. The international breastfeeding community includes people who actively promote breastfeeding, teach breastfeeding, research breastfeeding and related health issues, and who write about breastfeeding and the ways it influences mothering, parenting and family life.