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ABSTRACT In the digital age, misinformation about infant feeding threatens decades of public health efforts to revive breastfeeding. Increasingly sophisticated marketing exploits cultural knowledge gaps, serving commercial interests and exacerbating food insecurity from climate change and migration. Public health literature acknowledges that suboptimal breastfeeding rates are due to systemic failures, not personal ones. However, our […]

ABSTRACT Early childhood development (ECD) is essential across life courses, yet many children lack adequate nurturing care needed for optimal ECD. The Nurturing Care Framework (NCF) is designed to optimize ECD outcomes through evidence-based programs and interventions. Therefore, the NCF is key to identify and characterize programs and interventions and to determine key challenges and

ABSTRACT Social protection programs (SPPs) are commonly used in South Asia to address inequities in meeting basic needs. Provision of both SPP benefits and essential health/nutrition interventions to mothers and children is a goal toward optimal health and development outcomes, but co-coverage of SPPs and health/nutrition interventions among beneficiary households is poorly described. Using six

ABSTRACT Breastfeeding beyond 1 year is recommended by the World Health Organisation and is linked to multiple maternal, infant, and environmental benefits. However, rates frequently remain low in high-income countries, which may relate to social stigma, work commitments and insufficient support. This review aimed to explore the experiences of women who breastfeed beyond 1 year.

ABSTRACT Bangladesh continues to experience high levels of child undernutrition, with stunting affecting approximately 24% of children under 5 years of age. Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), a subclinical intestinal disorder characterized by chronic inflammation, immune activation, and nutrient malabsorption, may reduce the effectiveness of nutritional interventions. Identifying factors that may enhance resilience to EED could

Publication date: December 2026 Source: Nutrition, Volume 152 Author(s): Fernanda de Carvalho Pazzini Maia, Acácia Maris da Costa Estanislau, Alexandre Imbs Lima, Luciana Costa Silva, Maria Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia ​Publication date: December 2026Source: Nutrition, Volume 152Author(s): Fernanda de Carvalho Pazzini Maia, Acácia Maris da Costa Estanislau, Alexandre Imbs Lima, Luciana Costa Silva, Maria Isabel