Trends in breastfeeding practices and mothers' experience in the French NutriNet-Sante cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

France has one of the lowest rates in the world regarding breastfeeding initiation and duration. Few studies have explored breastfeeding practices in France since the middle of the twentieth century, or following from initiation to cessation. The purpose of our study was to determine trends in breastfeeding over the past decades regarding public health recommendations, and to examine mothers' perceptions about factors known to have an impact on breastfeeding support and cessation.

Methods

From the NutriNet-Santé cohort, 29,953 parous women (launched in 2009 to study relation between nutrition and health), were included in the present study. Using web-questionnaires, they were asked retrospectively if they had breastfed their youngest child or not, and if so, the d

SUBMITTER: Courtois F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254215 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature