The National Breastfeeding Strategy is a start, but if we really valued breast milk we'd put it in the GDP
- Written by Julie Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
References
- ^ COAG Health Council. August 2, 2019 (t.ly)
- ^ National Breastfeeding Strategy (t.ly)
- ^ finding (www.thelancet.com)
- ^ isn’t counted (link.springer.com)
- ^ A$3 billion (journals.sagepub.com)
- ^ a few hundred million dollars per year (www.iariw.org)
- ^ in both mothers and children (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- ^ OECD study (www.oecd-ilibrary.org)
- ^ human milk in conventionally-defined GDP (www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr)
- ^ Victoria (www.bettersafercare.vic.gov.au)
- ^ NSW (www.health.nsw.gov.au)
- ^ having consumed formula (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- ^ women bear the cost of that time (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- ^ inappropriate promotion of commercial formula (www.who.int)
- ^ refusing industry sponsorship (www.bmj.com)
- ^ US$1 billion a day (academic.oup.com)
- ^ The Lancet (www.thelancet.com)
- ^ cognitive loss (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- ^ US$302 billion (www.thelancet.com)
- ^ Later life maternal breast-cancer (www.abc.net.au)
- ^ high income countries (www.thelancet.com)
- ^ Australia (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- ^ Breastfeeding isn't just about the baby – women's bodies matter too (theconversation.com)
- ^ caring for sick children (academic.oup.com)
- ^ World Bank (www.liebertpub.com)
- ^ World Health Organization (www.who.int)
- ^ new strategy (t.ly)
- ^ important shift (consultations.health.gov.au)
- ^ commercial factors (www.thelancet.com)
- ^ relevant to Australia (www.saxinstitute.org.au)
- ^ cows milk produced and consumed on farms (www.abs.gov.au)
- ^ Breast milk banking continues an ancient human tradition and can save lives (theconversation.com)
Authors: Julie Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University