The economic cost consequences of suboptimal infant and young child feeding practices: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Breastfeeding is important for women and children's health, but less than half of infants worldwide begin life with optimal breastfeeding. A growing literature shows consistently large economic costs of not breastfeeding, with global studies showing economic losses of around US$300 billion globally. However, existing studies are highly diverse in approaches, methods, data sources and country results. Building on a landmark 2012 UNICEF UK review focused on high-income countries, we conducted a scoping review to map and characterize the expanding literature and identify future research directions in this research area. We included studies (n = 36) in diverse country settings and outcomes for women and children. We used PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, MEDLINE, ProQuest and manual searches of

SUBMITTER: Jegier BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474603 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature