Objectives: To explore the reasons why women stop breastfeeding completely before their
infants are six months of age and to identify the factors associated with cessation and the …

Objectives To describe the rates of breastfeeding initiation and breastfeeding for at least six
months and identify risk factors for failing to breastfeed for six months among a community …

Background The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding as the
main source of nutrition for infants during their first 6 months of life. However, despite this …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and factors associated with not meeting desired
breastfeeding duration. METHODS: Data were analyzed from 1177 mothers aged≥ 18 …

Objective To determine the duration of breastfeeding in the Sudbury Region and to identify
the reasons why mothers wean before the Canadian Paediatric Society's recommended six …

OBJECTIVES. Our goal was to determine why women stop breastfeeding at various times
during their infant's first year. METHODS. We analyzed self-reported data from 1323 mothers …

Background: Most women in the United States do not meet their breastfeeding goals, and
low-income women breastfeed at lower rates than the general population. While risk factors …

The reasons why mothers in mainland China stop breastfeeding before their infants were six
months old was investigated. Five hundred sixty-two mothers within two to three days after …

Objective. We examined breastfeeding behaviors, periods of vulnerability for breastfeeding
cessation, reasons for breastfeeding cessation, and the association between predelivery …

Background: Breastfeeding is associated with many benefits for both mother and child.
Initiation rates are high in Sweden. Recently a slight decline is seen. Aim: The aim of this …