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Editorial
. 2025 Oct;21(4):e70114.
doi: 10.1111/mcn.70114. Epub 2025 Sep 16.

Breastfeeding and Water Security

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla  1 , Victoria Hall Moran  2
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Editorial

Breastfeeding and Water Security

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla et al. Matern Child Nutr. 2025 Oct.
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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Pathways through which breastfeeding can improve water security among infants and young children and in the general population across the globe.
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