The burden of suboptimal breastfeeding in Mexico: Maternal health outcomes and costs.

ABSTRACT: Longer duration of breastfeeding is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, breast and ovarian cancer, myocardial infarction, and hypertension diseases in women. Mexico has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates worldwide; therefore, estimating the disease and economic burden of such rates is needed to influence public policy. We considered suboptimal breastfeeding when fewer than 95% of parous women breastfeed for less than 24 months per child, according to the World Health Organization recommendations. We quantified the lifetime excess cases of maternal health outcomes, premature death, disability-adjusted life years, direct costs, and indirect costs attributable to suboptimal breastfeeding practices from Mexico in 2012. We used a static microsimulation model for a hypothetical c

SUBMITTER: Unar-Munguia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7199088 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature