A detailed exploration of early infant milk feeding in a prospective birth cohort study in Ireland: combination feeding of breast milk and infant formula and early breast-feeding cessation

• Published in: British journal of nutrition Vol. 124; no. 4; pp. 440 - 449
• Main Authors: Hemmingway, Andrea, Fisher, Dawn, Berkery, Teresa, Dempsey, Eugene, Murray, Deirdre M., Kiely, Mairead E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 28.08.2020
• Subjects: Babies; Baby foods; Breast; breast feeding; Breast milk; Breastfeeding & lactation; Cohort analysis; cohort studies; Data collection; Dietary minerals; Feeding; health care workers; hospitals; Human and Clinical Nutrition; Human subjects; Hunger; Infant formulas; Infants; Milk; nationalities and ethnic groups; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Questionnaires; relative risk; Statistical analysis; United Kingdom > UK; Scotland; Ireland; Breast-feeding; Prospective birth cohorts; Combination feeding; Infant feeding

Breast-feeding initiation and continuation rates in the UK and Ireland are low relative to many European countries. As a core outcome of the prospective Cork Nutrition and Development Maternal-Infant Cohort (COMBINE) study (Cork, Ireland), we aimed to describe infant milk feeding practices in detail...