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.@sallygm1 is speaking now about Breastfeeding and #ClimateChange – Yorkshire and Humber @NIFN Special Interest Group, which is a group of Infant Feeding Leads who are passionate about bf and about learning more and sharing the positive impact bf has on the environment #bfconf

.@sallygm1 the group wants to raise awareness, empower and inform the public and local & national leaders how breastfeeding positively impacts climate change. It also helps with the issue of #FoodSecurity #bfconf

@sallygm1 .@sallygm1 children around the world and here in the UK are affected by extreme weather events & food insecurity. The pandemic has affected provision of breastfeeding support and forced us all to adapt #bfconf

@sallygm1 .@sallygm1 breastfeeding reduces the risk of illness and disease for mother & baby, reduces the need for sanitary products, medical resources & formula milk production, and helps reduce health and economic inequalities #bfconf

@sallygm1 .@sallygm1: Much commerial baby food is manufactured in countries at a great distance from where it is sold. Breastmilk/breastfeeding has a consistently lower carbon footprint than using formula. Breastfeeding populations are more resilient in emergencies. #bfconf

@sallygm1 .@sallygm1 compare the breastmilk cycle with the formula milk cycle #bfconf

@sallygm1 .@sallygm1 what's the climate cost of formula milk? in 2017 the global market was estimated at 2.7 billion tons. Each kg of formla generates 4 kg of greenhouse gas around the world during production. EU is the largest exporter: nearly 600k tons across the world-> transport miles

@sallygm1 .@sallygm1 their group did a webinar on Breastfeeding as a Climate Change Imperative @LeedsCC_News #bfconf

@sallygm1 @LeedsCC_News .@sallygm1 "we can do better, together" speak up and act, implement the #WHOCode #BMSCode, invest in bf support, involve partners & service providers (NHS, LA directorates, schools) and help them see how both agendas can help meet their goals #bfconf

@sallygm1 @LeedsCC_News .@sallygm1: collaborate and link with local and national leaders on related strategies like food, poverty, the environment & sustainability #bfconf