The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress

Marketing of commercial milk formula: a system to capture parents, communities, science, and policy

(2023) Nigel Rollins et al.   LANCET

Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world

(2023) Rafael Pérez-Escamilla et al.   LANCET

Estimating the costs for implementing a maternity leave cash transfer program for women employed in the informal sector in Brazil and Ghana

(2022) Grace Carroll et al.   International Journal for Equity in Health

Is the US infant formula shortage an avoidable crisis?

(2022) Tanya Doherty et al.   LANCET

The visibility of breastfeeding as a sexual and reproductive health right: a review of the relevant literature

(2022) Carina Stone et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

The contribution of breastfeeding to a healthy, secure and sustainable food system for infants and young children: monitoring mothers’ milk production in the food surveillance system of Norway

(2022) Julie P Smith et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Babies before business: protecting the integrity of health professionals from institutional conflict of interest

(2022) Genevieve Ellen Becker et al.   BMJ Global Health

Monitoring breastfeeding indicators in high‐income countries: Levels, trends and challenges

(2021) Juliana S. Vaz et al.   Maternal and Child Nutrition

Market strategies used by processed food manufacturers to increase and consolidate their power: a systematic review and document analysis

(2021) Benjamin Wood et al.   Globalization and Health

Old Tricks, New Opportunities: How Companies Violate the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes and Undermine Maternal and Child Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic

(2021) Constance Ching et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The yearly financing need of providing paid maternity leave in the informal sector in Indonesia

(2021) Adiatma Y. M. Siregar et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on exclusive breastfeeding in non-infected mothers

(2021) Giuseppe Latorre et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

Assessing how global health partnerships function: an equity-informed critical interpretive synthesis

(2021) Katrina M. Plamondon et al.   Globalization and Health

Globalization, first-foods systems transformations and corporate power: a synthesis of literature and data on the market and political practices of the transnational baby food industry

(2021) Phillip Baker et al.   Globalization and Health

Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices under Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Survey

(2021) Chanodom Piankusol et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Rates and time trends in the consumption of breastmilk, formula, and animal milk by children younger than 2 years from 2000 to 2019: analysis of 113 countries

(2021) Paulo A R Neves et al.   Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Milk allergy guidelines for infants in England promote over‐diagnosis: A cross‐sectional survey

(2021) Timothy D. H. Smith et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

‘The second mother’: How the baby food industry captures science, health professions and civil society in France

(2021) Emma Cossez et al.   Maternal and Child Nutrition

Maximising the wealth of few at the expense of the health of many: a public health analysis of market power and corporate wealth and income distribution in the global soft drink market

(2021) Benjamin Wood et al.   Globalization and Health

Breastfeeding, first-food systems and corporate power: a case study on the market and political practices of the transnational baby food industry and public health resistance in the Philippines

(2021) Phillip Baker et al.   Globalization and Health

International investment liberalization, transnational corporations and NCD prevention policy non-decisions: a realist review on the political economy of tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food

(2021) Penelope Milsom et al.   Globalization and Health

Beliefs and Norms Associated with the Use of Ultra-Processed Commercial Milk Formulas for Pregnant Women in Vietnam

(2021) Tuan T. Nguyen et al.   Nutrients

Examining the Environmental Impacts of the Dairy and Baby Food Industries: Are First-Food Systems a Crucial Missing Part of the Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems Agenda Now Underway?

(2021) Daniel H. Pope et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Corporate political activity of baby food companies in Thailand

(2021) Nisachol Cetthakrikul et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

The Political Economy of Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems: An Introduction to a Special Issue

(2021) Phillip Baker et al.   International Journal of Health Policy and Management

The Politics of Regulating Foods for Infants and Young Children: A Case Study on the Framing and Contestation of Codex Standard-Setting Processes on Breast-Milk Substitutes

(2021) Monique Boatwright et al.   International Journal of Health Policy and Management

The double burden of maldistribution: a descriptive analysis of corporate wealth and income distribution in four unhealthy commodity industries

(2021) Benjamin Wood et al.   Critical Public Health

Why is Kangaroo Mother Care not yet scaled in the UK? A systematic review and realist synthesis of a frugal innovation for newborn care

(2021) Giulietta Stefani et al.   BMJ Innovations

Informal work and maternal and child health: a blind spot in public health and research

(2020) Gautam Bhan et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Costs of maternity leave to support breastfeeding; Brazil, Ghana and Mexico

(2020) Mireya Vilar-Compte et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Effects of United States WIC infant formula contracts on brand sales of infant formula and toddler milks

(2020) Yoon Y. Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY

Assessment of Evidence About Common Infant Symptoms and Cow’s Milk Allergy

(2020) Daniel Munblit et al.   JAMA Pediatrics

Corporate political activity of the baby food industry: the example of Nestlé in the United States of America

(2020) Hacer Tanrikulu et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

Ultra‐processed foods and the nutrition transition: Global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers

(2020) Phillip Baker et al.   Obesity Reviews

Mechanisms for addressing and managing the influence of corporations on public health policy, research and practice: a scoping review

(2020) Melissa Mialon et al.   BMJ Open

Selling second best: how infant formula marketing works

(2020) Gerard Hastings et al.   Globalization and Health

Corporate power and the international trade regime preventing progressive policy action on non-communicable diseases: a realist review

(2020) Penelope Milsom et al.   HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

Global Governance of Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling: A Qualitative Analysis

(2019) Anne Marie Thow et al.   Nutrients

Costing a Maternity Leave Cash Transfer to Support Breastfeeding Among Informally Employed Mexican Women

(2019) Mireya Vilar-Compte et al.   FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN

Counting the cost of not breastfeeding is now easier, but women’s unpaid health care work remains invisible

(2019) Julie P Smith   HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

The cost of not breastfeeding: global results from a new tool

(2019) Dylan D Walters et al.   HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

The carbon footprint of breastmilk substitutes in comparison with breastfeeding

(2019) Johan O. Karlsson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

The financing need for expanded maternity protection in Indonesia

(2019) Adiatma Y. M. Siregar et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

Sponsorship of national and regional professional paediatrics associations by companies that make breast-milk substitutes: evidence from a review of official websites

(2019) Laurence M Grummer-Strawn et al.   BMJ Open

Child health, infant formula funding and South African health professionals: Eliminating conflict of interest

(2019) L Lake et al.   SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL

Responding to the Corporate and Commercial Determinants of Health

(2018) Martin McKee et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes of health professional students: a systematic review

(2018) Shu-Fei Yang et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

Maternity Leave and Its Impact on Breastfeeding: A Review of the Literature

(2018) Deborah Navarro-Rosenblatt et al.   Breastfeeding Medicine

The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative: Implementation of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding in 84 countries

(2018) Arun Gupta et al.   JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY

The benefits of paid maternity leave for mothers' post-partum health and wellbeing: Evidence from an Australian evaluation

(2017) Belinda Hewitt et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Effectiveness of community-based peer support for mothers to improve their breastfeeding practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2017) Prakash Shakya et al.   PLoS One

The cost of not breastfeeding in Southeast Asia

(2016) Dylan Walters et al.   HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

Lactation Support Services and Breastfeeding Initiation: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act

(2016) Kandice A. Kapinos et al.   HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Power: the missing element in sustainable consumption and absolute reductions research and action

(2016) Doris Fuchs et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Breastfeeding: a smart investment in people and in economies

(2016) Keith Hansen   LANCET

Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect

(2016) Cesar G Victora et al.   LANCET

Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?

(2016) Nigel C Rollins et al.   LANCET

Cross-sectional survey shows that follow-up formula and growing-up milks are labelled similarly to infant formula in four low and middle income countries

(2016) Catherine Pereira et al.   Maternal and Child Nutrition

Impact of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative on breastfeeding and child health outcomes: a systematic review

(2016) Rafael Pérez-Escamilla et al.   Maternal and Child Nutrition

Global trends and patterns of commercial milk-based formula sales: is an unprecedented infant and young child feeding transition underway?

(2016) Phillip Baker et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Increased Duration of Paid Maternity Leave Lowers Infant Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Quasi-Experimental Study

(2016) Arijit Nandi et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Childcare workers’ experiences of supporting exclusive breastfeeding in Kuala Muda District, Malaysia: a qualitative study

(2016) Mohd Azri Mohd Suan et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

Education and training of healthcare staff in the knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to work effectively with breastfeeding women: a systematic review

(2016) Anna Gavine et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

Paid maternity leave and breastfeeding practice before and after California's implementation of the nation's first paid family leave program

(2015) Rui Huang et al.   Economics & Human Biology

A proposed approach to systematically identify and monitor the corporate political activity of the food industry with respect to public health using publicly available information

(2015) M. Mialon et al.   Obesity Reviews

The maternal health outcomes of paid maternity leave: A systematic review

(2015) Zoe Aitken et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Food security for infants and young children: an opportunity for breastfeeding policy?

(2015) Libby Salmon   International Breastfeeding Journal

Markets, breastfeeding and trade in mothers’ milk

(2015) Julie P Smith   International Breastfeeding Journal

Investing in breastfeeding – the world breastfeeding costing initiative

(2015) Radha Holla-Bhar et al.   International Breastfeeding Journal

Facilitating Working Mothers’ Ability to Breastfeed

(2014) Efe Atabay et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION

Breastfeeding policy: a globally comparative analysis

(2013) Jody Heymann et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Influence of Macrosocial Policies on Women's Health and Gender Inequalities in Health

(2013) C. Borrell et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGIC REVIEWS

The Paradox of Disease Prevention

(2013) Harvey V. Fineberg   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

“Lost Milk?”

(2013) J. P. Smith   JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION

Who Pays for the Health Benefits of Exclusive Breastfeeding? An Analysis of Maternal Time Costs

(2013) J. P. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION

Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries

(2013) Rob Moodie et al.   LANCET

Market Power, Misconceptions, and Modern Agricultural Markets

(2012) R. J. Sexton   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Breastfeeding after cesarean delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of world literature

(2012) Emily Prior et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Fetal and Early Childhood Undernutrition, Mortality, and Lifelong Health

(2012) C. K. Lutter et al.   SCIENCE

Breastfeeding Support in Child Care: An International Comparison of Findings from Australia and the United States

(2011) Barbara Cameron et al.   Breastfeeding Medicine

Is unimpeded marketing for breast milk substitutes responsible for the decline in breastfeeding in the Philippines? An exploratory survey and focus group analysis

(2011) Howard L. Sobel et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Commerciogenic Malnutrition?

(2010) D. B. Jelliffe   NUTRITION REVIEWS

Towards a third food regime: behind the transformation

(2009) David Burch et al.   AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES

Maternal employment, breastfeeding, and health: Evidence from maternity leave mandates

(2008) Michael Baker et al.   JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS