An initiative to promote the human rights and support of breastfeeding students across Ontario. Funded by Health Nexus, Ministry of Health & Long Term Care.
Trent University
Joined September 2015
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Interesting. Those deprived of #breastfeeding in infancy lose up to 12 IQ points … fewer than 30% were breastfed in the 1960s. ‘The Age of Deceit … abetted by a 13-point decline in human IQ since 1975, probably caused by neurotoxins in …the environment. johnmenadue.com/the-next-wor…
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📅 Save the date: Tuesday February 6, 2024 for "On Blackness and Belonging"
Join @debthompsonphd in conversation with @YoungVershawn, an American-born writer, actor, lawyer, and professor of Black Studies at the University of Waterloo.
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In any discussion of #foodsecurity infants must be included - they are a vulnerable population when it comes to food source. Look at what happened in the US when formula manufacturing was shut down. #PublicHealth #IYCF #BreastfeedingIsFoodSecurity – at Brisbane, Queensland
🆕Just Published: Policy Insight by @SibsonVicky @ni_fallon & @DrNShenker examining the security of our #infant #food supply
foodresearch.org.uk/publicat…
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'When breastfeeding challenges are met with strategic marketing-perfect storm to⬆️formula sales'
Manipulative baby formula companies get rich undermining breastfeeding smh.com.au/national/manipula…
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Artificial #GMO human breast milk brought to you by @BillGates. Hmmm, how about paying taxes, working for equality and supporting MOTHERS instead of cooking up fake food products for us to buy? #climate #hunger #MonopolyBill newyorker.com/magazine/2023/… @mollyhfischer @NewYorker
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Happy #IWD2023 everyone! ♀️
In our recent paper we call for;
📢Much greater recognition of the immense value that women generate for society through breastfeeding and other forms of care work, and their vital contributions to sustainable food systems
📢On governments to fully resource & redistribute women’s care work burdens, including through strengthening paid maternity protections, that would truly enable their capability to breastfeed
📢For an end to the baby food industry's exploitative marketing practices, that systematically undermine breastfeeding, and that violate women's and children's human rights everywhere
And other crucial actions for realising #genderequity
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
@JuliePSmith1 @dcmccoy11
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We know that #antibiotics can harm a baby's #microbiome and increase their risk for #asthma.
... but sometimes babies really need antibiotics! 🤒
What to do? 🤔
Our new @CHILDSTUDY research suggests #breastfeeding will protect baby from these negative effects🤱🏾
📢📢New @CHILDSTUDY out today in @MedCellPress📢📢
Breastfeeding enrichment of B. longum subsp. infantis mitigates the effect of antibiotics on the microbiota and childhood asthma risk cell.com/med/fulltext/S2666-…
@CIHR_IRSC @GenomeCanada @GenomeBC @CaulfieldTim @BCCHresearch @UBC
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Shaping infant development from the inside out: Bioactive factors in human milk @mistygoodlab
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Next at #ISRHML2022, @DLOConnor0803 on #humanmilk, epigenetics & neurodevelopment.
#Breastfeeding is associated w higher IQ (after controlling for maternal IQ, parenting styles etc)... and this benefit is **doubled** for preterm infants!
🤓👶🏾🤱🏼🧠
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2621…
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Incredible talk from an incredible speaker today at #ISRHML2022 - Dr. Rebecca Powell is a #humanmilk immunologist studying COVID (and other) antibodies in #breastmilk.
Check out her lab: labs.icahn.mssm.edu/rebecca-…
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Watch live on Facebook as the fantastic Dr @JuliePSmith1 and Dr @SJS_Cameron discuss the science and economics of breastfeeding fb.watch/eHj9yHy22I/ #MothersMilkTool #breastival #breastmilk #humanmilk #WorldBreastfeedingWeek @aliveandthrive @WABAsecretariat @UNICEF #WBW2022
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Let's talk about #breastfeeding! 🧵
What are the opportunities & challenges in this exciting (+ controversial) field?
Check out our* interdisciplinary perspectives in
@ConversationCA
theconversation.com/breastfe…
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#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2022 - today we focus on a very important support - the partner! A partner is most often a spouse, but can also be a co-partner or grandparent of the baby, another family member, a close friend, or professional support person like a doula. #WBW2022 #waba
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In collaboration with @NutritionIntl, we're excited to announce the launch of the new Cost of Not Breastfeeding tool, featuring the latest data aliveandthrive.org/en/the-ne…
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Happy World #Breastfeeding Week #WBW2022!
My team at @NutritionIntl and I are happy to share the new #CostOfNotbreastfeeding Tool to inform advocacy, policies & investments for breastfeeding globally. nutritionintl.org/CONBF. Partners: @aliveandthrive + @LimestoneAnalyt
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Black Maternal Health: Postpartum In The Time of COVID-19 - Mississippi Free Press ift.tt/I8uLGaU #breastfeeding #breastfeedingnews #normalizebreastfeeding
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All men have nipples and mammary glands, and most have the desire to bond with their babies and give their partners a breastfeeding break. Alas, you cannot milk a man — dad nipples are merely decorative. fatherly.com/health/why-men-…
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Maternity leave exists to support the reproductive rights of women and the breastfeeding rights of children. It is not synonymous with parental leave. We need to ensure that providing leave for fathers does not undermine maternal and child rights. dw.com/en/nigerias-working-m…
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Australia’s Role in Global Infant Food Security: Implications of the US Milk Formula Shortage - new article for @AIIANational just published #auspol #endexploitativemarketing #bmscode internationalaffairs.org.au/…
