This e-letter is in response to the article by Bartick and Reinhold, “The Burden of Suboptimal Breastfeeding in the United States: A Pediatric Cost Analysis.” The International Formula Council* supports the position of the World Health Organization...
Research reported in the August 2006 edition of Women’s Health Issues indicates that women who are employed full-time are significantly less likely to initiate breastfeeding or to breastfeed their infants at all. Researchers based their conclusions...
A 2007 study published in the British Medical Journal, found that antenatal (prior to birth) breastfeeding education and postnatal (after birth) lactation support both significantly increased the rates of exclusive breastfeeding up to six months...
A study published in the February 2009 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found, in a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial, that early iron supplementation of breastfed infants transiently increased iron status during...
In the October 2008 Annals of Internal Medicine, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF), which makes recommendations about preventive care services in the United States, published its recommendation that interventions to promote and...
A study published in the October 2008 edition of the American Journal of Public Health found state variations in breastfeeding initiation and duration, where western and northwestern states had the highest rates. Additionally, researchers found that...
A study published in the August 2008 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that initial breastfeeding, especially when exclusive, may be associated with modestly lower blood cholesterol concentrations later in life. Researchers found this...
A 2008 study from the Journal of Nutrition found that predominantly breast-fed term infants for the first six months of life are half as likely to have gastrointestinal infections (GI) compared to formula fed (defined as consuming no human milk by...
A critical analysis of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Ad Council’s National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaigns (NBAC) was published in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law by Joan Wolf, Ph.D. of Texas A&M...
A study published in the June 2007 issue of Breastfeeding Medicine suggests that infants fully breastfed for 6 months or more in the United States may be at increased risk of iron deficiency and anemia. This study analyzed data from two nationally...