1. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 20111 Infant Feeding and Climate Change Chwang Leh-Chii Taiwan BF Forum 8 UB, Mongolia Sept. 14, 2011

2. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 20112 Feeding Practice in Taiwan YearAge EBMix FF ( month ) (%) (%) (%) 2010158.585.441.5 248.470.651.6 436.253.663.8 626.346.073.7 2009 156.781.343.3 244.063.656.0 434.349.865.7 622.441.677.6 Source: Health Promote Bureau, 2011 YearAge EBMix FF ( month )(%)(%)(%) 2008154.372.945.7 237.954.362.1 425.839.974.2 615.932.484.1 2004029.457.671.6 133.254.266.8 416.927.583.1 613.119.886.9 EB: Exclusive Breast Feeding FF: Formula Feeding

3. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 20113 Source: Health Promote Bureau, 2011 2004 2008 2009 2010 Feeding Practice in Taiwan

4. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 20114 Trends in Formula Feeding (%) Age2004200820102010-20082010-2004 1 month71.645.741.5↓ 4.2 ↓ 30.1 2 month66.862.151.6↓ 10.5 ↓ 15.2 4 month83.174.263.8↓ 10.4 ↓ 19.3 6 month86.984.173.7↓ 10.4 ↓ 13.2 Source: Health Promote Bureau, 2011

5. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 20115 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: 2005-2008 NAHSIT

6. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 20116 Trends in Commercial Complementary Feeding Half infant started juice at age 4-6 months, baby cereal at age 7-12 months, biscuits at age 10-12 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.

7. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 20117 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.

8. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 20118 Infant Formula Imported to Taiwan ImportedBirth rateValue Year (1,000Kg) ‰ NT$ (billion)US$ (million) 2001 11,647 11.722.374.3 2002 9,276 11.018.160.3 2003 8,520 10.116.555.0 2004 7,767 9.615.250.6 2005 8,048 9.115.752.3 2006 7,788 9.016.153.6 2007 7,938 8.917.357.6 2008 6,864 8.516.755.6 2009 5,941 8.316.354.3 2010 6,590 7.217.357.6 Source: Directorate General of Customs, Ministry of Finance Department of Health

9. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 20119 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 =2199,174 551,334 babies 183 Kg Co 2 /baby 1 tree (40 years) = 400~700 Kg Co 2

10. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 201110 Thank You! We must become the change we want to see… Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

11. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 201111 Feeding Practice in Taiwan 1 month 2 month 4 month 6 month Source: Health Promote Bureau, 2011

12. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 201112 Feeding Practice in Taiwan YearAge ( month ) EB (%) Mix (%) 199615.035.9 198915.421.2 19851-35.5urban32.5% rural 28.4% 19811-15.2 19781-24.6 19641-75.0 19621-95.0 Source: Health Promote Bureau, 2011 EB: Exclusive Breast Feeding

13. LCChwang, BF Forum 8, 201113 Standard Foods Corporation and Subsidiaries Total Assets NT$ 757,776,000