1: Biocultural Perspectives on Breastfeeding; 2: A Time to Wean: The Hominid Blueprint for the Natural Age of Weaning in Modern Human Populations; 3: Breastfeeding in Prehistory; 4: The Culture and Biology of Breastfeeding: An Historical Review of Western Europe; 5: Sociocultural Aspects of the Lactation Process; 6: The Politics of Breastfeeding: An Advocacy Perspective; 7: Beauty and the Breast: The Cultural Context of Breastfeeding in the United States; 8: Baby–Controlled Breastfeeding: Biocultural Implications; 9: Breastfeeding: Adaptive Behavior for Child Health and Longevity; 10: Breastfeeding and Infant–Parent Co-Sleeping as Adaptive Strategies: Are They Protective against SIDS?; 11: Breastfeeding, Fertility, and Maternal Condition; 12: Breast Cancer, Reproductive Biology, and Breastfeeding; 13: Commentary Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives; 14: Commentary Breastfeeding Is More Than Just Good Nutrition; 15: Commentary Breastfeeding Study Design Problems—Health Policy, Epidemiologic and Pediatric Perspectives
Patricia Stuart-Macadam
-This volume makes an important contribution to the literature on
the biocultural nature of breastfeeding, a behavior that is
critical to the survival of the human species.... [T]his collection
provides a wealth of information about the interplay of culture and
biology as they relate to breastfeeding and its influence on
maternal and infant health. Many of the chapters have implications
for the development of policy relating to the support of
breastfeeding, such as the Family Leave Act and health care reform.
This unique volume will thus be useful for health care
professionals and health policy makers, as well as biological and
cultural anthropologists.- --Anne L. Wright, Medical Anthropology
Quarterly -One hundred years ago, the vast majority of infants in
the United States were breastfed. They were typically weaned
anywhere between two and four years of age. Today the statistics
are quite different. At the present time, about one-half of infants
in the United States are breastfed, and most are weaned by the time
they are six months old. Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives
examines the biological and cultural reasons for this shift in
behavior.... This volume of fifteen chapters, by almost as many
authors, provides readers with an abundance of information on
breastfeeding.- --Christine A. Behrendt, The Quarterly Review of
Biology
"This volume makes an important contribution to the literature on
the biocultural nature of breastfeeding, a behavior that is
critical to the survival of the human species.... [T]his collection
provides a wealth of information about the interplay of culture and
biology as they relate to breastfeeding and its influence on
maternal and infant health. Many of the chapters have implications
for the development of policy relating to the support of
breastfeeding, such as the Family Leave Act and health care reform.
This unique volume will thus be useful for health care
professionals and health policy makers, as well as biological and
cultural anthropologists." --Anne L. Wright, Medical Anthropology
Quarterly "One hundred years ago, the vast majority of infants in
the United States were breastfed. They were typically weaned
anywhere between two and four years of age. Today the statistics
are quite different. At the present time, about one-half of infants
in the United States are breastfed, and most are weaned by the time
they are six months old. Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives
examines the biological and cultural reasons for this shift in
behavior.... This volume of fifteen chapters, by almost as many
authors, provides readers with an abundance of information on
breastfeeding." --Christine A. Behrendt, The Quarterly Review of
Biology
"This volume makes an important contribution to the literature on
the biocultural nature of breastfeeding, a behavior that is
critical to the survival of the human species.... [T]his collection
provides a wealth of information about the interplay of culture and
biology as they relate to breastfeeding and its influence on
maternal and infant health. Many of the chapters have implications
for the development of policy relating to the support of
breastfeeding, such as the Family Leave Act and health care reform.
This unique volume will thus be useful for health care
professionals and health policy makers, as well as biological and
cultural anthropologists." --Anne L. Wright, Medical Anthropology
Quarterly "One hundred years ago, the vast majority of infants in
the United States were breastfed. They were typically weaned
anywhere between two and four years of age. Today the statistics
are quite different. At the present time, about one-half of infants
in the United States are breastfed, and most are weaned by the time
they are six months old. Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives
examines the biological and cultural reasons for this shift in
behavior.... This volume of fifteen chapters, by almost as many
authors, provides readers with an abundance of information on
breastfeeding." --Christine A. Behrendt, The Quarterly Review of
Biology
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