Infant Feeding and Climate Change Name: Ugyen Zangmo Country: Bhutan

IYCF Status Indicators2005 (WBTi) 2008 (National Nut/IYCF survey) Initiation of Breast milk81%81.5% Exclusive Breastfeeding rate69%10% Colostrum feedingNA91.4% Median duration of BF28 months23 months Introduction of Complementary food at 6-9 months87%20.8% Bottle feeding27%5.8%

Status of commercial complementary food No data on the import of commercial complementary food No advertisement No gift or samples

Breastfeeding and Environment

BOTTLE FEEDING CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL WARMING To make up this bottle for your baby - Earth, its inhabitants and its atmosphere have to suffer!

EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL FEEDING A little bottles requires tens of factories to manufacture the products used in artificial feeding Use up precious scare fuel and causing pollution and waste

Conti… Once the products are at the shops – you have to use your resources like money, time and effort - to purchase the products to feed your child ….and transport them to your home. At home you will spend more precious time, effort and money to make up the bottles – measuring, boiling water, mixing, washing up, sterilising …

Now ……a look at breastfeeding

Baby is put to the mother’s breast …the shortest distance possible for fresh human milk to go to its destination in optimum condition with no negative effects on the Earth, its atmosphere and its present and future inhabitants....

… for as long as you want, wherever you want, whenever you want !

The choices we make Cleaner climate is safeguarded by the intelligent choices we make as individuals regarding our consumption and our behaviour. Breastfeeding is a natural resource that requires little energy and produces little waste. It costs near to nothing to make and time dedicated directly concerns feeding. Breastfeeding ensures a cleaner climate. Al most all mothers have no physical or mental health problems that disable them from breastfeeding. WHAT IS YOUR CHOICE?

DEFINETELY BREASTFEEDING, ITS SO NATURAL WHICH GIVES LOTS OF BENEFITS AND COST US ABOSULUTELY NOTHING

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