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Monitoring the World Health Organization Global Target 2025 for Exclusive Breastfeeding: Experience From the United States
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8 2017
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Source: J Hum Lact. 33(3):578-581
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Alternative Title:J Hum Lact
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Description:Background
Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months, calculated from a single 24-hour recall among mothers of children 0 to 5 months of age, is a World Health Organization (WHO) indicator used to monitor progress on the 2025 global breastfeeding target. Many upper-middle-income and high-income countries, including the United States, do not have estimates for this indicator.
Research aim
To describe the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months in the United States.
Methods
We used a single 24-hour dietary recall from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009–2012 to calculate the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months. We discuss our results in the context of routine breastfeeding surveillance, which is reported from a national survey with different methodology.
Results
Among children younger than 6 months, 24.4%, 95% confidence interval [17.6, 31.1], were exclusively breastfed the previous day.
Conclusion
To our knowledge, this is the first estimate of the WHO indicator of exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months for the United States. This study supports the global surveillance and data strategy for reporting to the WHO on the 2025 target for exclusive breastfeeding.
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Pubmed ID:28355120
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC5576017
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Volume:33
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Issue:3
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