The role of prenatal food insecurity on breastfeeding behaviors: findings from the United States pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:In addition to its health and nutritional benefits, breastfeeding can save low-income, food insecure mothers the cost of infant formula so that money can be spent on food and other necessities. Yet breastfeeding may exacerbate food insecurity by negatively affecting maternal employment. The relationship between food insecurity and breastfeeding has been explored previously, with varying results. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between prenatal food insecurity and breastfeeding initiation and early cessation (?10?weeks. A larger proportion of food secure women compared to food insecure women, initiated breastfeeding (91.4% vs. 87.6%, P??10?weeks, independent of covariates (relative risk ratio 0.65; 95% CI 0.50, 0.85; P?

SUBMITTER: Dinour LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7169030 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature