High wet-bulb temperatures, time allocation, and diurnal patterns of breastfeeding in Bangladeshi fisher-traders
These results highlight an important role of maternal work on infants' vulnerability to environmental stress. Dyads' ability to behaviourally compensate for extreme heat may be constrained by extended heatwaves, humidity, and economic circumstances, suggesting that climate change will likely exacerbate heat-related risks to global child health going forward.
Authors
- Margaret Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3962-1886)
- Fatema Tuj Zohora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2769-9256)
- Nurul Alam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-4451)
- Kathrine Starkweather (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1554-4567)
- Haley B. Ragsdale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8086-2297)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Institute for Community Health (US)
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Human Biology
- Published
- 2025-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2025.2461709
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71