This exciting book, edited by Fiona Dykes and Victoria Hall Moran and with a foreword from Gretel Pelto, explores in an integrated context the varied factors associated with infant and child nutrition, including global feeding strategies, cultural factors, issues influencing breastfeeding, and economic and life cycle influences. Infant and Young Child Feeding; Contents; Contributor biographies; Foreword; 1 From Grand Design to Change on the Ground: Going to Scale with a Global Feeding Strategy James Akre; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 How it all began; 1.3 Grasping the global challenge; 1.4 Summary recommendations; 1.5 Conclusion; References; 2 A Biocultural Basis for Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding Andy Bilson and Fiona Dykes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative; 2.3 A biocultural approach to institutional change; 2.4 Conclusion; References. 3 Feeding Preterm Infants in Sweden: Challenges to Implementing the Global Strategy in a Pro-Breastfeeding Culture Rene Flac3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Breastfeeding preterm babies in Sweden; 3.3 Breastfeeding as relationship building in the early phase; 3.4 Breastfeeding at the 'training camp'; 3.5 Breastfeeding at home trying to experience a balance in needs; 3.6 Paradigm shift; 3.7 Conclusion; References; 4 From 'to Learn' to 'to Know': Women's Embodied
