Breastfeeding in the United States; findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1999-2006

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• Personal Author:
  McDowell, Margaret M. ; Wang, Chia-Yih ; Kennedy-Stephenson, Jocelyn.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Human milk is the ideal food for most infants. Breastfeeding benefits infants and their mothers. Breastfed infants receive antibodies from breast milk, which protect against infection in the early postpartum period, and breast-feeding is less expensive than formula feeding. This report summarizes in-formation on breastfeeding rates in the United States based on data from the 1999-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). Results are reported for the total U.S. population and three race-ethnicity groups by birth year cohort. - p. 1
• Content Notes:
  Margaret M. McDowell, Chia-Yih Wang, and Jocelyn Kennedy-Stephenson.
  
  McDowell MA, Wang C-Y, Kennedy Stephenson J. Breastfeeding in the United States: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 1999-2006. NCHS data briefs, no 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Breastfeeding Breast Feeding
• Source:
  NCHS data brief ; no. 5 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2008-1209
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  electronic; electronic resource; 7 p. : digital, PDF file (615 KB, 8 p.)
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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