Obesity and Prenatal Intention as Predictors of Meeting Breastfeeding Recommendations in an Urban Birth Cohort.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: Few U.S. women meet the public health recommendations to exclusively breastfeed for 6 months and continue breastfeeding for at least 1-2 years. We compared prenatally collected demographic, health, and breastfeeding support/intention variables to examine how these factors intersect to predict meeting breastfeeding recommendations. Methods: PREVAIL, a CDC-funded birth cohort in Cincinnati, OH, was approved by the IRB at CDC, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and the hospitals where enrollment (third trimester, 2017-2018) occurred. The prenatal questionnaire captured sociodemographics, pre-pregnancy weight and height, breastfeeding environment, and breastfeeding intention, while health factors were obtained from obstetrical records. Body m

SUBMITTER: Conrey SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11071092 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature