Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among US Children

Guodong Ding; Chaochao Wen; Yan Chen; Angela Vinturache; Yongjun Zhang

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36644

Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among US Children

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2436644. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36644.

Authors

Guodong Ding¹, Chaochao Wen¹, Yan Chen¹, Angela Vinturache², Yongjun Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study analyzes temporal changes in the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding at 4 and 6 months among US children from 2016 to 2022.

MeSH terms

Adult
Breast Feeding* / statistics & numerical data
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Prevalence
United States / epidemiology