{"id":30174,"date":"2026-09-30T13:02:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/?post_type=news-approfondimenti&#038;p=30174"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:03:42","slug":"the-thousand-forms-of-breastfeeding-a-journey-through-cultures-traditions-and-science","status":"publish","type":"news-approfondimenti","link":"https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/en\/news-approfondimenti\/the-thousand-forms-of-breastfeeding-a-journey-through-cultures-traditions-and-science\/","title":{"rendered":"The thousand forms of breastfeeding: a journey through cultures, traditions and science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A newborn is born with the same biological needs in Milan, Tokyo, Nairobi or Mexico City. Yet, the way they are nourished during the first year of life can be profoundly different.<br \/>\nBreast milk is a biological product regulated by sophisticated neuroendocrine mechanisms; <strong>breastfeeding<\/strong>, on the other hand, is also a <strong>behavior influenced by the social and cultural context<\/strong>. Around the breast and nutrition, rituals, beliefs, taboos, dietary prescriptions and care methods have developed that change in relation to geography, al&lt;\/r21&gt;&lt;r21&gt;alla struttura familiare, alle condizioni socioeconomiche e all\u2019organizzazione dei sistemi sanitari.<\/p>\n<p>Science makes it possible to define nutritional needs and the conditions that favor the child&#8217;s health and growth. <strong>The way these needs are interpreted and met, however, also depends on <\/strong>culture<strong>, <\/strong>family<strong>, economic conditions, <\/strong>parents&#8217; work <strong>lavoro dei genitori<\/strong>and <strong>access to health services<\/strong>. It is precisely the interaction between these factors that makes the feeding of the first year a particularly interesting field of transcultural medicine.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30205\" src=\"https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mille-forme-allattamento-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1379\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mille-forme-allattamento-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mille-forme-allattamento-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mille-forme-allattamento-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mille-forme-allattamento-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mille-forme-allattamento-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mille-forme-allattamento-120x68.png 120w, https:\/\/babywellnessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mille-forme-allattamento.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1379px) 100vw, 1379px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">The first milk: the same biological function, different meanings<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Colostrum<\/strong> is the first mammary secretion produced after childbirth. It is initially produced in relatively small amounts and is rich in immunoglobulins, lactoferrin, immune cells, and numerous other bioactive components.<\/p>\n<p>From an anthropological perspective, however, colostrum has been attributed widely <strong>differing meanings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ethnographic studies, some of which were conducted several decades ago, have documented populations in which the initiation of breastfeeding was delayed and the newborn was given pre-lacteal foods or liquids. The reasons could include beliefs concerning the quality of colostrum, birth rituals, or the idea that the first milk was not yet suitable for the baby. These data must be interpreted in their historical and geographical context: they do not necessarily describe the current practices of the populations studied. However, they remain a particularly interesting example of how the same biological function can receive very different cultural interpretations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">Sub-Saharan Africa: a plurality of practices<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>To speak of &#8216;African breastfeeding&#8217; would be improper. Sub-Saharan Africa includes thousands of communities with profoundly different traditions, religions, family structures and socioeconomic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>In some studied populations, newborn care traditionally involves\u00a0 a \u00a0wider <strong>family network <\/strong>in which grandmothers, sisters, other female family members and community members can participate in the transmission of knowledge and influence decisions regarding infant feeding.<\/p>\n<p>In specific contexts, practices of <strong>pre-lacteal feeding have also been documented<\/strong>, with the administration of water, infusions, honey, or other foods before or along with the initiation of breastfeeding. The frequency and meaning of these practices vary considerably between communities and may be associated with rituals, the perception that the newborn is thirsty, or beliefs regarding colostrum and milk quality.<\/p>\n<p>Even <strong>duration and exclusivity<\/strong> of breastfeeding vary considerably between countries and populations. It is therefore important to distinguish between the continuation of breastfeeding and exclusivity: according to the World Health Organization definition, a child receiving water or other foods and beverages is no longer considered exclusively breastfed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">South Asia: family, traditions and shared decisions<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan include very diverse populations, religions and traditions; therefore, there is no single South Asian model of breastfeeding.<\/p>\n<p>However, anthropological and qualitative studies conducted in specific communities have documented situations in which decisions regarding the mother and newborn involve various family members.<\/p>\n<p>In some families, <strong>maternal or paternal grandmothers<\/strong> can play an important role in the transmission of postpartum practices, advice on maternal nutrition and decisions regarding breastfeeding and the introduction of complementary foods.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, in different South Asian traditions, <strong>cultural classifications of foods<\/strong> have been described according to concepts traceable, with different meanings from community to community, to the categories of &#8216;hot&#8217; and &#8216;cold&#8217;. These classifications do not correspond to the categories of modern nutritional science, but can concretely influence dietary choices.<\/p>\n<p>For the healthcare professional, it therefore becomes important to understand not only what a mother eats, but also what meaning she attributes to those choices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">China: nutrition and postpartum traditions<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>In various Chinese communities, the postpartum period is traditionally associated with <em>zuo\u00a0 yuezi<\/em>, a set of postpartum practices that may include rest, protection from the cold and specific dietary indications. The ways in which these prescriptions are interpreted and applied vary however between regions, families and generations and have transformed over time.<\/p>\n<p>Broths, soups, eggs, meat and other foods may be recommended with the aim of promoting maternal recovery or supporting milk production. <strong>Some foods are traditionally considered galactagogues<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On a physiological level, however, milk production is regulated by <strong>endocrine mechanisms<\/strong> and above all, after the onset of lactation, by the <strong>frequency<\/strong> and <strong>effectiveness of milk removal <\/strong>from the breast. Adequate nutrition remains important for the woman&#8217;s health and nutritional status, but it is not correct to automatically attribute a specific galactagogue effect to a single food in the absence of adequate evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The difference between therapeutic tradition and evidence-based pharmacology becomes particularly interesting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">Japan: when lactation becomes a family heritage<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>In Japan too, practices related to motherhood and infant feeding have changed considerably over time and can vary between families and generations.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>family involvement<\/strong> in meal preparation and support for the mother can influence the experience of the postpartum period.<\/p>\n<p>A particularly recognizable cultural dimension concerns complementary feeding, indicated by the term <strong><em>riny\u016bshoku<\/em><\/strong>. Food progression is generally adapted to the child&#8217;s abilities, with gradual modifications in consistency and variety.<\/p>\n<p>Rice, vegetables, fish, tofu and other foods belonging to family cooking can progressively enter the child&#8217;s diet in ways compatible with age, development and food safety.<\/p>\n<p>Complementary feeding thus represents not only a <strong>nutritional transition<\/strong>, but also <strong>one of the child&#8217;s first encounters with the food culture<\/strong> of their family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">Middle East and Islamic world: religion, culture and nutrition<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>In Muslim communities, breastfeeding can also assume a <strong>religious dimension<\/strong>. The Quran in fact refers to a two-year period for complete breastfeeding, helping to give prolonged lactation a meaning that is not exclusively nutritional.<\/p>\n<p>Concrete practice naturally varies between countries and families, but religion and culture can influence the duration of breastfeeding, the organization of care and maternal nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, traditional practices regarding colostrum, pre-lacteal feeding and the maternal diet have been described in specific populations.<\/p>\n<p>Complementary <strong>feeding <\/strong>subsequently fits into the different local gastronomic traditions. Cereals, legumes, yogurt and other dairy products, fruit, vegetables, eggs and meat can progressively enter the child&#8217;s diet.<\/p>\n<p>Nutritional science does not in fact require a universal cuisine: it requires <strong>nutritionally adequate foods<\/strong>, safe, sufficiently varied and appropriate to the child&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">Latin America: tradition and transformation<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Studies conducted in various communities have shown how in many areas of Latin America, knowledge regarding pregnancy, the puerperium and infant feeding can be transmitted across <strong>generations<\/strong>. In some families, mothers, grandmothers and other figures in the family network can influence choices regarding breastfeeding and complementary feeding.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, <strong>urbanization<\/strong>, migrations, changes in female employment, transformations of the family structure and greater availability of industrial foods have modified many eating behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>Tradition and modernity do not necessarily replace each other. <strong>Instead, they can produce hybrid models<\/strong> in which breast milk, expressed milk, formula when used, industrial infant foods and family kitchen preparations coexist during the first year of life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">Oceania and indigenous populations: nutrition, identity and colonization<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>In several indigenous populations of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, pregnancy, birth, nutrition and childcare have historically been embedded in family and community networks and can take on meanings that go <strong>beyond nutrition alone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colonization<\/strong> and subsequent social transformations have interfered, in different ways across different populations, with the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and practices related to motherhood and infant feeding. For this reason, in such contexts, the promotion of breastfeeding may require not only nutritional information, but culturally safe services and the involvement of the communities concerned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">Europe: less tradition, more health system?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The comparison with Europe is particularly interesting.\u00a0 At first glance, European countries might seem much more uniform compared to other areas of the world. In reality, this is not the case.<\/p>\n<p>Available data show <strong>considerable differences between countries<\/strong> in the prevalence of breastfeeding, its duration, exclusive breastfeeding and support policies.<br \/>\nA survey conducted in \u00a011 European countries found important differences in the percentage of children still being nursed and in exclusive breastfeeding at six months.<\/p>\n<p>Differences do not depend solely on individual preferences.\u00a0 In <strong>Nordic countries<\/strong>, parental leave and institutional support have historically created favorable conditions for the continuation of breastfeeding.\u00a0 In other countries, <strong>return to work<\/strong>, <strong>healthcare <\/strong>\u00a0<strong>assistance<\/strong> modalities, <strong>professional support<\/strong> and <strong>social norms<\/strong> may influence its duration more.<\/p>\n<p>The culture of breastfeeding, therefore, does not necessarily manifest itself through traditional rituals. It can also express itself through social expectations regarding intervals between feeds, weight control, the use of breast pumps and the perception of maternal performance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; color: white; padding: 5px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006271;\">And Italy?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Italy occupies a particularly interesting position because it retains a strong family food culture, but has simultaneously incorporated a growing <strong>medicalization of early childhood<\/strong>. Breastfeeding is supported by health recommendations, but its duration varies in relation to socioeconomic, territorial, educational and occupational factors.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to complementary feeding, even more recognizable characteristics emerge. Italian cuisine offers an extremely wide heritage of cereals, legumes, vegetables, fruit, extra virgin olive oil, fish, eggs and other protein sources. <strong>However, in contemporary practice, the introduction of the first foods is often accompanied by specific infant products<\/strong>, homogenized foods, flours and industrial preparations.<\/p>\n<p>An Italian study conducted on 2,023 families found that complementary feeding is generally started between the fifth and sixth month; 77% of families predominantly used homemade liquid or semi-liquid preparations or industrial infant foods.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than speaking of a single &#8216;Italian weaning&#8217;, it is therefore appropriate to describe a <strong>plurality of pathways<\/strong>: traditional preparations, specific infant foods, progressively modified textures and family table foods can be used in different ways.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e8eff4; padding: 1em; border-radius: 5px;\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #006271;\"><strong><em>The real challenge of transcultural medicine<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006271;\"><em>Research on breastfeeding shows that culture is not an accessory element of infant nutrition. It is one of the components of the environment in which it takes place. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #006271;\"><em><strong>Traditions, religion, family, food availability, economic conditions, parents&#8217; work and health systems<\/strong> can concretely modify the experience of feeding during the first year.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006271;\"><em>Evidence-based <strong>medicine<\/strong> offers shared parameters: <strong>growth, nutritional adequacy, food safety, development and prevention of deficiencies<\/strong>. Anthropology <strong>and social <\/strong>sciences instead help to understand <strong>why<\/strong> a family makes certain choices and what meaning they attribute to them.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006271;\"><em>Culturally competent pediatric care stems from the integration of these perspectives. \u00a0It is not a matter of choosing between science and tradition, nor of automatically considering a practice beneficial or harmful because it is traditional. It is necessary to distinguish culturally significant and health-compatible practices from those that require adaptations or that may entail a risk.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006271;\"><em>Because the forms of breastfeeding can be a thousand, but the clinical goal remains common: <strong>to offer the mother, the baby and the family a safe, adequate nutritional path that respects their biological, social and cultural context<\/strong>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newborn is born with the same biological needs in Milan, Tokyo, Nairobi or Mexico City. Yet, the way they are nourished during the first year of life can be profoundly different. 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