Publicação
Breastfeeding as a strategic driver for One Health : a narrative review
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 15:Proteger a Vida Terrestre | |
| dc.contributor.author | Machado, Vanessa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Regalo, Simone Cecílio Hallak | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ferreira, Luciano Maia Alves | |
| dc.contributor.author | Martinelli, Roberta Lopes de Castro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Trawitzki, Luciana Vitaliano Voi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Siéssere, Selma | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mendes, José João | |
| dc.contributor.author | Botelho, João | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-04-28T16:01:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-04-28T16:01:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Breastfeeding is a renewable biological system that simultaneously advances human, environmental, and societal health. Human milk provides unparalleled nutrition and immunological protection, improving infant survival, neurodevelopment, and long-term metabolic outcomes, while reducing maternal risk of breast and ovarian cancer. However, and despite decades of evidence, only 48% of infants under six months are exclusively breastfed worldwide, and breastfeeding remains absent from most sustainability and One Health strategies. This narrative review synthesizes evidence demonstrating that breastfeeding functions as a low-carbon, zero-waste food system that avoids greenhouse gas emissions, land conversion, water consumption, and biodiversity loss linked to commercial milk formula production. At the societal level, breastfeeding reduces health-system costs, strengthens emergency resilience when supply chains fail, and generates long-term economic returns. By integrating evidence across human health, environmental impact and social determinants, this review positions breastfeeding as a strategic One Health intervention and a high-value investment for achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals. Strengthening policy support—including protection against formula marketing, workplace accommodations, and expansion of baby-friendly systems—is essential to unlock breastfeeding’s potential for planetary and public health. | eng |
| dc.identifier.citation | Machado V, Regalo SCH, Ferreira LMA, Martinelli RLdC, Trawitzki LVV, Siéssere S, Mendes JJ, Botelho J. Breastfeeding as a Strategic Driver for One Health: A Narrative Review. Nutrients. 2025; 17(23):3766. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17233766 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/nu17233766 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2072-6643 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/62931 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17233766 | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | breastfeeding | |
| dc.subject | One Health | |
| dc.subject | human health | |
| dc.subject | environmental health | |
| dc.subject | animal heath | |
| dc.subject | economic | |
| dc.subject | social | |
| dc.title | Breastfeeding as a strategic driver for One Health : a narrative review | eng |
| dc.type | contribution to journal | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 23 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 3766 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Nutrients | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 17 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |