Dr. Melissa Theurich
@theurichconsult.bsky.social
Public Health Nutritionist, IBCLC, Maternal and Child Nutrition Researcher @LMU, Consultant @WHO, @UNICEF. Associate Editor at JHL. Views my own.
www.theurichconsulting.com
www.theurichconsulting.com
👶🎧 New! In the latest episode of the Journal of Human Lactation Podcast, I explain why scientists and practitioners might best avoid the word “weaning,” in “What does it mean to wean?“
🎙️Tune in and discover here: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...
#BreastfeedingResearch #HumanLactation
🎙️Tune in and discover here: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...
#BreastfeedingResearch #HumanLactation
Ep. 9: What Does It Mean to Wean?
Podcast-Folge · The Journal of Human Lactation Podcast · 17.07.2025 · 27 Min.
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July 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
👶🎧 New! In the latest episode of the Journal of Human Lactation Podcast, I explain why scientists and practitioners might best avoid the word “weaning,” in “What does it mean to wean?“
🎙️Tune in and discover here: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...
#BreastfeedingResearch #HumanLactation
🎙️Tune in and discover here: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...
#BreastfeedingResearch #HumanLactation
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Hot off the press!
#Breastfeeding & #CommercialMilkFormula ➜ Together with Uni Vienna and @yalesph.bsky.social we analysed the presentation of the topic in Austrian print and #onlinemedia. More on the possible effects on #publicperception & breastfeeding behaviour. ➡️ bit.ly/4gUKccZ
#Breastfeeding & #CommercialMilkFormula ➜ Together with Uni Vienna and @yalesph.bsky.social we analysed the presentation of the topic in Austrian print and #onlinemedia. More on the possible effects on #publicperception & breastfeeding behaviour. ➡️ bit.ly/4gUKccZ
Presentation of breastfeeding in the Austrian media | MedUni Vienna
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January 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hot off the press!
#Breastfeeding & #CommercialMilkFormula ➜ Together with Uni Vienna and @yalesph.bsky.social we analysed the presentation of the topic in Austrian print and #onlinemedia. More on the possible effects on #publicperception & breastfeeding behaviour. ➡️ bit.ly/4gUKccZ
#Breastfeeding & #CommercialMilkFormula ➜ Together with Uni Vienna and @yalesph.bsky.social we analysed the presentation of the topic in Austrian print and #onlinemedia. More on the possible effects on #publicperception & breastfeeding behaviour. ➡️ bit.ly/4gUKccZ
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With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
January 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
I’m honored to join the fantastic group of editors at the Journal of Human Lactation! JHL is an international, quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research & theoretical and conceptual discussions regarding clinical practice and policy issues in human lactation and breastfeeding.
January 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I’m honored to join the fantastic group of editors at the Journal of Human Lactation! JHL is an international, quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research & theoretical and conceptual discussions regarding clinical practice and policy issues in human lactation and breastfeeding.
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What do we know about how the biology of mammary gland lactation and involution impact breast cancer risk?
Building on work from Dr. Pepper Schedin & many others, new work in #BreastCancerResearch from Ramaswamy Lab @osucccjames.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Building on work from Dr. Pepper Schedin & many others, new work in #BreastCancerResearch from Ramaswamy Lab @osucccjames.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Divergent paths of mammary gland involution: unveiling the cellular dynamics in abruptly and gradually involuted mouse models - Breast Cancer Research
Background Epidemiological studies associate an increase in breast cancer risk, particularly triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), with lack of breastfeeding. This is more prevalent in African America...
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January 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
What do we know about how the biology of mammary gland lactation and involution impact breast cancer risk?
Building on work from Dr. Pepper Schedin & many others, new work in #BreastCancerResearch from Ramaswamy Lab @osucccjames.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Building on work from Dr. Pepper Schedin & many others, new work in #BreastCancerResearch from Ramaswamy Lab @osucccjames.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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1/2 Thanks to BMJ for exposing this activity. The thing that gets me is Danone were willing to pay the midwives twice their normal pay and provide branded uniforms. The cost of those things does not come out of the CEO’s pocket or the profits for shareholders- cont.. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Danone’s use of midwives to give branded infant feeding advice in supermarket sparks anger
Campaigners for impartial nutritional advice are dismayed at a service that seems to be adopting marketing tactics dubbed scandalous 50 years ago. Rebecca Coombes reports
The UK supermarket giant Tes...
www.bmj.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
1/2 Thanks to BMJ for exposing this activity. The thing that gets me is Danone were willing to pay the midwives twice their normal pay and provide branded uniforms. The cost of those things does not come out of the CEO’s pocket or the profits for shareholders- cont.. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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"lifespan costs of reproduction became higher in mothers exposed to the famine during reproduction, amounting to a decreased life expectancy of ~0.5 years per child. Reproductive behavior did not shape the lifespans of mothers not exposed to famine or exposed post-reproduction or during development"
Lifespan costs of reproduction increase during the Great Finnish Famine
Evolutionary theory of aging predicts that women with increased reproductive effort live shorter lives, but evidence is inconsistent. These inconsistencies could be because environmental conditions in...
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January 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"lifespan costs of reproduction became higher in mothers exposed to the famine during reproduction, amounting to a decreased life expectancy of ~0.5 years per child. Reproductive behavior did not shape the lifespans of mothers not exposed to famine or exposed post-reproduction or during development"
Just launched my new account on instagram, see you there www.instagram.com/theurichcons...
January 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Just launched my new account on instagram, see you there www.instagram.com/theurichcons...
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About a million people die every year due to antimicrobial resistance. Causes:
- Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics
- 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock
- No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics
- no new antibiotic classes since 1980
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics
- 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock
- No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics
- no new antibiotic classes since 1980
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Antibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’
As superbugs spread across the globe, death rates from antimicrobial resistance are set to double, says England’s former chief medical officer
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
About a million people die every year due to antimicrobial resistance. Causes:
- Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics
- 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock
- No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics
- no new antibiotic classes since 1980
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics
- 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock
- No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics
- no new antibiotic classes since 1980
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Theurich
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Theurich
California increases paid family leave and disability benefits to historic levels https://abc7.la/4gFEEmF
California increases paid family leave and disability benefits to historic levels
A new California law aims to ease the financial burden during some of life's biggest transitions and challenges.
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January 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
California increases paid family leave and disability benefits to historic levels https://abc7.la/4gFEEmF
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Great work @kathleenhalliday.bsky.social and @jamielerrico.bsky.social👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 We need action on the Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy- nothing’s happened since 2019! 😡
Finishing the year with a call to action for all health professionals! 🎆🤱🏽 @jamielerrico.bsky.social
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A Call to Action: Healthcare Professionals to Become Independent of the Commercial Milk Formula Industry
Health-care professionals (HCP) have a responsibility to protect and promote maternal and infant health and breastfeeding is one of the most effective measures to support this. Increasing breastfeedi....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Great work @kathleenhalliday.bsky.social and @jamielerrico.bsky.social👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 We need action on the Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy- nothing’s happened since 2019! 😡
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The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy and #breastfeeding - nearly doubling its surface area! 🧪
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
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The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy, study finds
The inner lining of the small intestine nearly doubles in size during pregnancy and breastfeeding, according to new research in mice and human tissue.
www.livescience.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy and #breastfeeding - nearly doubling its surface area! 🧪
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
Here we go, starting over again on Bluesky. This is my first post, here goes nothing!
December 12, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Here we go, starting over again on Bluesky. This is my first post, here goes nothing!