Breastfeeding as a Sustainable Attitude: a pilot study

  • Cristina Carapeto Universidade Aberta, Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia, Lisboa, Portugal
Keywords: Breastfeeding, Health care, Environment, Education

Abstract

The benefits of exclusive breastfeeding to babies and mothers are well established in most countries. The relationship between breastfeeding and environmental protection hasn’t yet been studied. To evaluate mother's perception of breastfeeding as an environmentally friend attitude a questionnaire which involved 140 pregnant women was carried out in Portugal in 2013. After analysis of the results it was concluded that the majority of women in the pilot study were well aware of the health benefits of breastfeeding for the baby but not for themselves. Moreover, women in the study were not aware of the relation between breastfeeding and environmental protection.

Author Biography

Cristina Carapeto, Universidade Aberta, Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia, Lisboa, Portugal

Professora Associada da Universidade Aberta; Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia; Licenciada e Mestrado em Nutrição Humana; Doutoramento em Ciências do Ambiente; Trabalha no ensino a distância (e-learning).

References

-American Academy of Pediatrics. Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the use of Human Milk. Pediatrics. Vol. 115. Núm. 2. p. 496-506. 2005.

-Ardoina, N.M.; Clarkb, C.; Kelseycd, E. An exploration of future trends in environmental education research. Environmental Education Research. Vol. 19. Núm. 4. p. 499-520. 2013.

-Berhrman, R.E.; Kliegman, R.M.; Jenson, H.B. Nelson -Textbook of Pediatrics. 17thedição. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Company. 2004.

-Brendler, A. Aleitamento Materno Reduz a Obesidade. 2011. Acedido em Maio de 2013. available: http://www.aleitamento.com/amamentacao/conteudo.asp?cod=866.

-Brito, H.; Alexandrino, A.M.; Godinho, C.; Santos, G. Experiência do aleitamento materno. Acta Pediátrica Portuguesa. Vol. 42. Núm. 5. p.209-14. 2011.

-Castadelli, V. Alimentação na Atualidade. 2011. Acedido em Maio de 2013. available: http://www.aleitamento.com/amamentacao/conteudo.asp?cod=1004.

-Carapeto, C.; Almeida. M.D.V. Higiene Alimentar e Nutrição, Coleção “Saúde Tropical”. Lisboa. Ed. Universidade Aberta. 2008.

-Coutinho, J.; Leal, I.P. Atitudes de mulheres em relação à amamentação: Estudo exploratório. Análise Psicológica. Vol. 3. Núm. 23. p. 277-282. 2005.

-Duarte, A.; Eira, A.; Perico, C. Alimentação do Lactente no Distrito de Setúbal em 1998. Acta Pediatr Port.Vol. 33. Núm. 2. p. 63-71. 2002.

-Duda, A.M.; El-Ashry, M.T. Addressing the Global Water and Environment Crises through Integrated Approaches to the Management of Land, Water and Ecological Resources. Water International. Vol. 25. Núm. 1. p. 115-126. 2000.

-Gifford. R. Environmental Psychology Matters, Annu. Rev. Psychol. Vol. 65. p. 541-579. 2014.

-Gregório, M.J.; Cavalvanti, D.; Vasconcelos, I.A.L.; Padrão, P. Políticas de Alimentação e Nutrição: Brasil e Portugal. Alimentação Humana. Vol. 16. Núm.1. p. 3-14. 2010.

-Hanson, L.Human milk and host defence: immediate and long-term effects. Acta Pediatrics. Vol. 88. p. 42-6. 1999.

-Jessri, M.; Farmer, A.P.; Maximova, K.; Willows, N.D.; Bell, R.C. Predictors of exclusive breastfeeding: observations from the Alberta pregnancy outcomes and nutrition (APrON) study. BMC Pediatrics. Vol. 13. Núm. 77. 2013.

-Menegusse, E.R.P. Percepção das puérperas e gestantes sobre a prática e as vantagens do aleitamento materno exclusivo, atendidas na unidade básica de saúde. Centro em Santa Cecília. Santa Catarina. Brasil. 2010.

-Nunes, C.D. Saúde Consumo e Ambiente: Práticas e Valores das Grávidas. 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/7061.

-OBAM-Observatório da Aleitamento Materno, Relatório. Registo do Aleitamento Materno. Relatório julho 2010 –junho 2011. 2012.

-Sarafana, S.; Abecasis, F.; Tavares, A.; Soares, I.; Gomes, A. Aleitamento Materno: evolução na última década. Acta Pediatr Port. Vol. 1. Núm. 37. p. 9-14. 2006.

-Sund, L.; Öhmana, J. On the need to repoliticise environmental and sustainability education: rethinking the postpolitical consensus. Environmental Education Research. 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2013.833585

-Uchendu, U.O.; Ikefuna, A.N.; Emodi, I,J. Exclusive breastfeeding -the relationship between maternal perception and practice. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice. Vol. 12. Núm. 4. p. 403-406. 2009.

-UNICEF/WHO. Innocenti Declaration on Protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding. Florence. Italy. UNICEF and WHO. 1990.

-World Health Organization. Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. World Health Organization. Geneva. 2003.

Published
2015-04-06
How to Cite
Carapeto, C. (2015). Breastfeeding as a Sustainable Attitude: a pilot study. Brazilian Journal of Obesity, Nutrition and Weight Loss, 9(49), 22-40. Retrieved from https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/354
Issue
Vol. 9 No. 49 (2015)
Section
Scientific Articles - Original

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain the copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License BY-NC which allows the sharing of the work with acknowledgment of the authorship of the work and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are authorized to enter into additional contracts separately for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (eg, publishing in institutional repository or book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are allowed and encouraged to post and distribute their work online (eg, in institutional repositories or on their personal page) at any point before or during the editorial process, as this can bring about productive change as well as increase impact and impact. citation of published work (See The Effect of Free Access).