Infant Feeding and Climate Change

Patricia Ip

Hong Kong

Special Administrative Region

Status of Formula Feeding practiceInfant feeding %

Exclusive BF Mixed Formula– Birth 19.7 48.5 31.7– 6 m 9.0 9.5 81.4 – 12 m 1.7 6.9 91.4

with comp food

(Tarrant M 2010)

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Status of Commercial Complementary feeding practice

• Market for baby food increased at a compound annual rate of 5% between 2004-2009

• Bottled baby food ~60.7%

• Leading players: Nestle SA and HJ Heinz Company

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Trends in (exclusive) formula feeding and (commercial complementary feeding)

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Possible Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions

• 62,706• 1,790,047 kg formula milk in one year• GHG emission (66.7 tons / 4,356 kg)

27,409 tons carbon dioxide equivalent in one year

(Information on monthly exclusive breastfeeding and mixed feeding to 12 months from Tarrant M 2010)

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