Food insecurity and breastfeeding

Heuvel, Meta van den; Birken, Catherine S.

doi:10.1503/cmaj.180167

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“…Lone parent families and families with young children have been shown to be one of the most severely food-insecure groups in the UK (28,53) . This has implications not only for the future health and wellbeing of all parents of course, but we should be seriously concerned about the health and wellbeing of women of childbearing age, pregnant and breast-feeding women and infants living in food-insecure households (39,(101)(102)(103)(104) . International research has shown that coping with food insecurity in households with infants can result in dietary compromises, for example, by watering down milk or infant formula to make it 'stretch' further, and/or using food substances other than infant formula when not recommended.…”

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What qualitative research can tell us about food and nutrition security in the UK and why we should pay attention to what it is telling us

Douglas

2023

Proc. Nutr. Soc.

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Poor dietary patterns leading to poorer health and increased health care use have affected people living in disadvantaged economic circumstances in the UK for decades, which many fear will be exacerbated due to the UK's current so-called ‘cost of living crisis’. The voices of experts by experience of those health and social inequalities are not routinely included in health improvement intervention development in relation to obesity prevention policy and programmes. Obesity is highly correlated with food insecurity experience in high-income country contexts (where food insecurity data are routinely collected) and is similarly socially patterned. Using a health equity lens, this review paper highlights qualitative research findings that have revealed the perspectives and direct experiences of people living with food insecurity, or those others supporting food-insecure households, that shed light on the role and influence of the socio-economic contextual factors food-insecure people live with day-to-day. Insights from qualitative research that have focused on the granular detail of day-to-day household resource management can help us understand not only how food insecurity differentially impacts individual household members, but also how behavioural responses/food coping strategies are playing into pathways that lead to avoidable ill health such as obesity, diabetes and other chronic health conditions, including mental health problems. This review paper concludes by discussing research and policy implications in relation to food-insecure households containing people with chronic health conditions, and for pregnant women and families with infants and very young children living in the UK today.

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Section: Family and Infant Food Insecuritymentioning

confidence: 99%

What qualitative research can tell us about food and nutrition security in the UK and why we should pay attention to what it is telling us

Douglas

2023

Proc. Nutr. Soc.

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“…In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa imposed a strict national lockdown on 27 March 2020, which resulted in severe job and income losses, as well as food insecurity and mental health concerns [ 5 ]. This study was inspired by this context and the literature on lower breastfeeding rates and earlier cessation of exclusive breastfeeding seen with increased severity of food insecurity experienced by the mother and the household [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ].…”

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Lockdown-Associated Hunger May Be Affecting Breastfeeding: Findings from a Large SMS Survey in South Africa

Sayed

Burger

Harper

et al. 2021

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The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, on food security and child health is especially concerning. A rapid, Short Message Service (SMS) Maternal and Child Health survey was conducted in South Africa in June 2020 (n = 3140), with a follow-up in July 2020 (n = 2287). This was a national cross-sectional survey conducted among pregnant women and mothers registered with the MomConnect mhealth platform. Logistic regression was conducted to explore the associations between breastfeeding, maternal depressive symptoms, and hunger in the household. High breastfeeding initiation rates and the early introduction of other foods or mixed milk feeding were found. The prevalence of depressive symptoms in this survey sample was 26.95%, but there was no association between breastfeeding behaviour and depressive symptom scores (OR = 0.89; 95% CI: 0.63, 1.27). A positive correlation was found between not breastfeeding and not going to the health clinic. The odds of hungry mothers breastfeeding were significantly lower (OR = 0.66; p = 0.045). This result also holds in a multivariate framework, including covariates such as depressive symptoms, attendance of a PHC facility, and whether the infant was older than 3 months. Support for breastfeeding must include support, such as economic support, for breastfeeding mothers, to enable them to access nutritious diets. Mothers also need reassurance on the quality of their breastmilk and their ability to breastfeed and should be encouraged to continue to attend the health clinic regularly.

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“…La principal causa de no iniciación de la LM es debido a una condición médica materno-parental (42%) y las ISSN 1853-8746 Psicología del desarrollo Nº 3 (enero-agosto, 2023): 15-32 Prevalencia, beneficios y principales causas de abandono de ... Valeria Sosa Páez, Anna Rovella dos principales razones por las cuales se abandona la LM antes de los 6 meses de edad del bebé son insuficiente leche materna (43%) y dificultades con la lactancia (21%) (Public Health Agency of Canadá, 2022). En este país, la inseguridad alimentaria, definida como el acceso poco garantizado a cantidades suficientes de alimentos nutritivos, es una de las principales causantes del abandono de la LM y constituye un grave problema de salud pública (Van den Heuvel & Birken, 2018). Francis et al (2021) reportaron que más de la mitad de las mujeres encuestadas habitaban en hogares con bajos ingresos e inseguridad alimentaria; todas los participantes iniciaron la LM pero solo el 16% alimentó a sus bebés con LME hasta los 6 meses de edad; la inseguridad alimentaria se asoció significativamente con menores tasas de LM.…”

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Prevalencia, beneficios y principales causas de abandono de la lactancia materna

Sosa Páez,

Kamenetzky,

Rovella

2023

Psicología del desarrollo

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La lactancia materna (LM) es el alimento más adecuado para el/la bebé, además de otorgarle beneficios a su madre y al vínculo entre ambos/as. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) recomienda la lactancia materna exclusiva (LME) hasta los 6 meses de edad y su prolongación como alimento complementario hasta los 2 años, sin embargo su prevalencia se encuentra por debajo de estas recomendaciones a nivel mundial. Objetivo: presentar información actualizada sobre la prevalencia mundial y los beneficios para el binomio madre-bebé de la LM. Método: Revisión de la literatura en bases de datos y en otras fuentes bibliográficas. Se seleccionaron artículos referidos a los beneficios de la LM y su prevalencia a nivel mundial. Resultados: los niveles de LM a nivel mundial están por debajo de las recomendaciones de la OMS. El no inicio o abandono de la LM depende de factores emocionales, culturales, laborales y económicos, entre otros. La LM genera beneficios en la salud física y emocional del binomio madre-bebé, particularmente para el desarrollo de la microbiota intestinal del/la bebé, evitando enfermedades gastrointestinales, respiratorias, asma, y sobrepeso; y en la madre previniendo el cáncer de mama y ovario. Conclusiones: La evidencia muestra que la leche humana es el alimento más adecuado para los infantes. Los esfuerzos de los gobiernos, los equipos de salud y la sociedad en su conjunto deberían ser orientados a la promoción de la lactancia y a la protección del binomio, tanto en el acceso a recursos para la crianza como a los factores psicológicos desde el desarrollo temprano.

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Food insecurity and breastfeeding

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

What qualitative research can tell us about food and nutrition security in the UK and why we should pay attention to what it is telling us

What qualitative research can tell us about food and nutrition security in the UK and why we should pay attention to what it is telling us

Lockdown-Associated Hunger May Be Affecting Breastfeeding: Findings from a Large SMS Survey in South Africa

Prevalencia, beneficios y principales causas de abandono de la lactancia materna

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