Prospective food diaries demonstrate breastfeeding characteristics in a UK birth cohort

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15536688
AutoresKate Grimshaw (0000-0003-3649-7963, University of Southampton, autor de correspondencia), Burcu Aksoy Canyolu (0000-0003-0205-4099, University of Chester), Anna Palmer (0000-0002-6587-4900), Anna Y Palmer (0000-0002-7418-9446, University of Chester), K Jenner (0009-0009-4272-4078, University of Southampton), Erin M Oliver (University of Southampton), Joe Maskell (University of Southampton), Terri Kemp, Keith D Foote, Graham Roberts (0000-0003-2252-1248, University of Southampton), Basma Ellahi (0000-0001-6825-9770, University of Chester), Barrie Margetts (University of Southampton)
Año2013
Volumen11
Número4
Páginas703-711
Fecha de publicación2013-06-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMaternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/mcn.12052
PMID26419217
OpenAlexW1483543257
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas9

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 (<25 years) are high in the first few weeks after delivery but slow markedly in the period 10-12 weeks after delivery. Cessation rates are consistent from 0 to 26 weeks in older mothers. This difference in feeding patterns led to significant differences between the two different age groups at 26 weeks for breastfeeding (P = 0.006) and exclusive breastfeeding at 8 weeks (P = 0.009). Forty-nine per cent of younger mothers (<25 years) stopped breastfeeding before their infant was 3 weeks old. To increase breastfeeding duration, further work is required to investigate the attitudes and perceptions associated with such high breastfeeding cessation rates in younger mothers during these very early post-natal weeks

Breastfeeding · Cohort · Cohort study · Obstetrics · Prospective cohort study · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Demography · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Pediatrics · Surgery