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SUMMARY:Is that really helping? Critical analysis of breastfeeding support
  in the UK from an evolutionary perspective - Emily Emmott (University Col
 lege London)
DTSTART:20180425T153000Z
DTEND:20180425T163000Z
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CONTACT:Jaap Saers
DESCRIPTION:While the public health literature demonstrates a positive ass
 ociation between social support and breastfeeding\, it has broadly overloo
 ked the different types of support (such as informational\, emotional and 
 practical) and the different sources of support (partners\, parents\, frie
 nds\, professionals). However\, breastfeeding in developed populations are
  no longer obligate maternal investment behaviour: it can be replaced/supp
 lemented by formula\, introducing opportunities for allomothers to substit
 ute infant feeding. With this\, following an evolutionary anthropological 
 perspective\, I theorise that different types of support may not necessari
 ly improve breastfeeding outcomes. In some instances\, what is conceptuali
 sed as supportive in the public health sphere may not actually be supporti
 ve for mothers. To test these ideas\, I provide evidence from the UK Mille
 nnium Cohort Study and present preliminary findings from an online survey 
 of UK mothers.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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