Filling the Gap: Trends in and Factors Related to Infant Feeding Choice in the U.S. from 1925‐1964
| Autor: | Kiona Pilles, Walter C. Willett, Forman, Yongquan Dong, Karin B. Michels |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Birth weight Breastfeeding Retrospective cohort study Odds ratio Biochemistry Negatively associated Genetics Medicine business Molecular Biology Infant feeding Biotechnology Demography media_common Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | The FASEB Journal. 29 |
| ISSN: | 1530-6860 0892-6638 |
| Popis: | Identifying infant feeding (IF) practices of the mothers of the nurse daughters in the Nurses' Health Cohort Studies provides early life data to link to the daughter's adult disease risk. The objective is to describe the rates of exclusive breastfeeding (XBR); of ever breastfeeding i.e. XBR plus breast and bottle-feeding (Ever BR); and of exclusive bottle-feeding (XBot) from 1925-1964; and to identify the factors influencing IF choice by birth cohort via a retrospective cohort in the Nurses' Health Cohort Studies (N= 39,743). Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to calculate the adjusted odds ratios for Ever BR and XBR. 80% of mothers in the Great Depression Ever BR and this rate steadily declined to 37% in 1964. A declining trend also appeared in XBR from 41% to 10%. Factors positively associated with Ever BR were: any maternal college education compared to |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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