2022
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19116397
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Environmental Impact of Feeding with Infant Formula in Comparison with Breastfeeding

Abstract: Young children have unique nutritional requirements, and breastfeeding is the best option to support healthy growth and development. Concerns have been raised around the increasing use of milk-based infant formulas in replacement of breastfeeding, in regards to health, social, economic and environmental factors. However, literature on the environmental impact of infant formula feeding and breastfeeding is scarce. In this study we estimated the environmental impact of four months exclusive feeding with infant f… Show more

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“…Additionally, enhancing milk supply in livestock has broad implication for sustainable agriculture. Dairy is an emission-heavy product to begin with, and infant formulas have added emissions due to the intense manufacturing process, worldwide transportation, packaging, and additional water use 13,14,48,[67][68][69][70][71] . Homologous fusions to Prolactin-XL could sustainably enhance milk production per animal to decrease the overall number of animals required to produce the same amount of milk.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Additionally, enhancing milk supply in livestock has broad implication for sustainable agriculture. Dairy is an emission-heavy product to begin with, and infant formulas have added emissions due to the intense manufacturing process, worldwide transportation, packaging, and additional water use 13,14,48,[67][68][69][70][71] . Homologous fusions to Prolactin-XL could sustainably enhance milk production per animal to decrease the overall number of animals required to produce the same amount of milk.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…89 We have not calculated the environmental costs of non-human milk products. 90,91 It is likely impossible to capture the social-emotional costs, including the attachment, bonding and soothing bene ts that are lost for infants and toddlers who are weaned early; or the emotional and spiritual costs related to the grief and loss some mothers experience over a breastfeeding relationship that was never established, or dissolved before they would have chosen. 92 How might the healthcare system in Ontario and elsewhere see the costs savings that would come from increased breastfeeding rates?…”
Section: Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Показано, например, что основная нагрузка обусловлена животноводством, и в частности выбросами при производстве коровьего молока, в том числе кормов для животных (от 45 до 95% вклада). Отрицательное влияние на окружающую среду технологий изготовления смеси и энергетических затрат, необходимых для изготовления банок, также значимо [17].…”
Section: экологическое бремя искусственного вскармливанияunclassified