| Event | Launch of the 2023 Lancet series on breastfeeding |
| Date | 8 February 2023 |
| Time | 12.30-14.00 UK time (13h30-15h00 CET) |
| Language | English |
Description
Richard Horton, Editor in Chief of the Lancet, joined a panel of experts for a live event at the Royal Society of Medicine. They unpacked a new three-paper Lancet series which explores how the value of breastfeeding is wasted by government and public health, and exploited by the formula milk industry.
- Infant behaviours, feeding practices and multisectoral interventions to support breastfeeding
- How baby behaviours are misconstrued to undermine breastfeeding, but multi-sectoral interventions protect its health impacts
- How the formula marketing ‘playbook’ targets parents, health professionals and politicians and undermines the health and rights of children and mothers
- How power imbalances and political and economic structures determine feeding practices, women’s rights and health outcomes.
The authors are calling for breastfeeding to become a collective responsibility, one that is effectively protected, promoted and supported at all levels.
Agenda
Moderator: Kathriona Deveraux, award winning reporter, presenter, and broadcaster
Welcome
- Ms Kathriona Deveraux, Moderator
The Lancet
- Mr Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet
Series highlights and overview
- Professor Nigel Rollins, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO
- Professor David McCoy, International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University
Panel discussion with Q&A
- Professor Helen L. Ball, Durham University
- Dr Guddi Singh, Paediatric doctor, health campaigner and TV broadcaster
- Mrs Alison Thewliss, Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central
- Ms Katie Gilbert, Managing Director M&C Saatchi World Service
Closing remarks
- Professor Anthony Costello, Institute for Child Health
- Mr Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet
