👉In-Hospital Formula Feeding and Breastfeeding Duration
📌 IHFF was associated with earlier weaning, with infants exposed to IHFF at 2.5 to 6 times higher risk in the first year than infants exclusively breastfed. Strategies to reduce IHFF include prenatal education, peer counseling, hospital staff and physician education, and skin-to-skin contact.
🔗https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/06/05/peds.2019-2946
#feeding #formula #supplement #newborn #nutrition #breastfeeding #aap #pediatrics
📌 IHFF was associated with earlier weaning, with infants exposed to IHFF at 2.5 to 6 times higher risk in the first year than infants exclusively breastfed. Strategies to reduce IHFF include prenatal education, peer counseling, hospital staff and physician education, and skin-to-skin contact.
🔗https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/06/05/peds.2019-2946
#feeding #formula #supplement #newborn #nutrition #breastfeeding #aap #pediatrics