ArticleThe Australasian medical journal2012
Milk sharing and formula feeding: Infant feeding risks in comparative perspective?
Article in The Australasian medical journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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- Human milk-sharing practices and infant-feeding behaviours: A comparison of donors and recipients.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
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- A pilot study on nutrients, antimicrobial proteins, and bacteria in commerce-free models for exchanging expressed human milk in the USA.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Article
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- Psychosocial dimensions of human milk sharing.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Article
- Awareness and prevalence of human milk sharing and selling in the United States.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Article
- Mycological and Bacteriological Quality and Safety of Bottled Water in Ethiopia.The open microbiology journal · 2018Article
- Contested moral landscapes: Negotiating breastfeeding stigma in breastmilk sharing, nighttime breastfeeding, and long-term breastfeeding in the U.S. and the U.K.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2016Article
- Human milk sharing practices in the U.S.Maternal & child nutrition · 2016Article
- Mothers' views of milk banking: sample of İzmir.Turk pediatri arsivi · 2015Article
- Markets, breastfeeding and trade in mothers' milk.International breastfeeding journal · 2015Article
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Abstract
The advent of Internet forums that facilitate peer-to-peer human milk sharing has resulted in health authorities stating that sharing human milk is dangerous. There are risks associated with all forms of infant feeding, including breastfeeding and the use of manufactured infant formulas. However, health authorities do not warn against using formula or breastfeeding; they provide guidance on how to manage risk. Cultural distaste for sharing human milk, not evidenced-based research, supports these official warnings. Regulating bodies should conduct research and disseminate information about how to mitigate possible risks of sharing human milk, rather than proscribe the practice outright.
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