Abstract Background: In the United States, most mothers who initiate breastfeeding will
either stop or begin supplementing with formula before their infants are 3 months old …

Abstract Objective To describe Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC) site-level breastfeeding support practices and associations with …

Background: Positive parental attitudes towards infant feeding are an important component
in child nutritional health. Previous studies have found that participants in the Special …

Background: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding to
age 6 months. Although breastfeeding rates in the United States have been increasing over …

Breastfeeding provides significant health benefits for infants and mothers. However, the
United States continues to fall short of the breastfeeding goals set by the Healthy People …

Objective To examine predictors of breastfeeding exclusivity in low‐income women who
received services from a Chicago area clinic of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program …

Objective. To update reported rates of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding through
2001 and to compare rates in 2001 to those from 1996. Methods. The Ross Laboratories …

BACKGROUND Maternity care practices have been linked with higher chances of meeting
breastfeeding intentions, but this relationship has not been examined using national data on …

Abstract Objectives Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC) has been associated with lower breastfeeding initiation and …

Background: In the first 2 weeks of life, most breastfeeding mother–infant dyads in the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) receive …