LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Infant Feeding and Climate Change Chwang Leh-Chii Taiwan BF Forum 8 UB, Mongolia Sept. 14, 2011
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Feeding Practice in Taiwan YearAge EBMix FF ( month ) (%) (%) (%) Source: Health Promote Bureau, 2011 YearAge EBMix FF ( month )(%)(%)(%) EB: Exclusive Breast Feeding FF: Formula Feeding
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Source: Health Promote Bureau, Feeding Practice in Taiwan
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Trends in Formula Feeding (%) Age month ↓ 4.2 ↓ month ↓ 10.5 ↓ month ↓ 10.4 ↓ month ↓ 10.4 ↓ 13.2 Source: Health Promote Bureau, 2011
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Commercial Complementary Feeding Practice Only 20% caregivers used commercial baby foods (US 73%, 90% for full-time working mothers). i.e. The majority of complementary foods are home made. Major complementary foods are baby cereals, fruit/vegetable juice or pureed, porridge, fish, egg, purred meat, to-fu. Source: NAHSIT
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Trends in Commercial Complementary Feeding Half infant started juice at age 4-6 months, baby cereal at age 7-12 months, biscuits at age months. Recommendation: caregivers use spoon to feed infants pureed foods and avoid mixing with milk powder in milk bottle. However, 75% infants get foods from bottle. Commercial products of baby cereal mixed with milk powder are getting popular.
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Trends in Commercial Complementary Feeding Mothers are the main decision makes (80%) in complementary foods. Mothers are target person for education Current recommendation to introduce complementary foods. 4-6 month starting from with baby cereal, F/V juice, 7-9 month: pureed, semi-liquid food, 8 month: fruit, 9 month: whole egg. in respond to EB up to 6 month, recommendation should be revised.
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Infant Formula Imported to Taiwan ImportedBirth rateValue Year (1,000Kg) ‰ NT$ (billion)US$ (million) , , , , , , , , , , Source: Directorate General of Customs, Ministry of Finance Department of Health
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Possible Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions from Infant Formula, 2010, Taiwan 4,356Kg powder formula = 66.7 tons CO 2 6,590,000Kg formula* = 100,907 tons CO 2 * Infant formula including follow up formula and liquid formula Age <1157,282 Age =1194,878 Age =2199, ,334 babies 183 Kg Co 2 /baby 1 tree (40 years) = 400~700 Kg Co 2
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Thank You! We must become the change we want to see… Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( )
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Feeding Practice in Taiwan 1 month 2 month 4 month 6 month Source: Health Promote Bureau, 2011
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Feeding Practice in Taiwan YearAge ( month ) EB (%) Mix (%) urban32.5% rural 28.4% Source: Health Promote Bureau, 2011 EB: Exclusive Breast Feeding
LCChwang, BF Forum 8, Standard Foods Corporation and Subsidiaries Total Assets NT$ 757,776,000