Prospective food diaries demonstrate breastfeeding characteristics in a UK birth cohort

Breastfeeding duration and exclusive breastfeeding rates are universally below those recommended by World Health Organization. Due to limitations and challenges associated with researching breastfeeding characteristics, the times when exclusivity is likely to be lost and when women are most likely t...

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Published in:Maternal and child nutrition 2015-10, Vol.11 (4), p.703-711
Main Authors: Grimshaw, Kate E.C., Aksoy, Burcu, Palmer, Anna, Jenner, Katharine, Oliver, Erin M., Maskell, Joe, Kemp, Terri, Foote, Keith D., Roberts, Graham C., Ellahi, Basma, Margetts, Barrie M.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data
breastfeeding
Diet Records
exclusive breastfeeding
Female
Humans
Infant
infant feeding
Infant Formula
Infant, Newborn
Linear Models
Mothers - education
Mothers - psychology
Original
prospective food diaries
Prospective Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
United Kingdom
Young Adult
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Summary:Breastfeeding duration and exclusive breastfeeding rates are universally below those recommended by World Health Organization. Due to limitations and challenges associated with researching breastfeeding characteristics, the times when exclusivity is likely to be lost and when women are most likely to discontinue breastfeeding have not yet been identified. Prospective food diaries allow reliable description of the dynamics of breastfeeding to be made to help identify these key time periods. Food diaries detailing intake from birth until the cessation of breastfeeding were analysed for 718 infants recruited into a national arm of an international multicentre birth cohort study (EuroPrevall). Analyses included linear regression analysis and Kaplan–Meier time course analysis. Breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding cessation rates for younger mothers (
ISSN:1740-8695
1740-8709
DOI:10.1111/mcn.12052