Infant Feeding and Climate Change
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Infant Feeding and Climate Change Patricia Ip Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Infant Feeding and Climate Change. Patricia Ip Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Status of Formula Feeding practice. Infant feeding % Exclusive BF Mixed Formula Birth 19.7 48.5 31.7 6 m 9.0 9.5 81.4 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Infant Feeding and Climate Change
Patricia Ip
Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Status of Formula Feeding practiceInfant feeding %
Exclusive BF Mixed Formula– Birth 19.7 48.5 31.7– 6 m 9.0 9.5 81.4 – 12 m 1.7 6.9 91.4
with comp food
(Tarrant M 2010)
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Status of Commercial Complementary feeding practice
• Market for baby food increased at a compound annual rate of 5% between 2004-2009
• Bottled baby food ~60.7%
• Leading players: Nestle SA and HJ Heinz Company
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Trends in (exclusive) formula feeding and (commercial complementary feeding)
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Possible Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions
• 62,706• 1,790,047 kg formula milk in one year• GHG emission (66.7 tons / 4,356 kg)
27,409 tons carbon dioxide equivalent in one year
(Information on monthly exclusive breastfeeding and mixed feeding to 12 months from Tarrant M 2010)
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