ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Breastfeeding in China: A Review of Changes in the Past Decade.
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- The health consequences of informal employment among female workers and their children: a systematic review.Globalization and health · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic Literature Review of the Nutrient Status, Intake, and Diet Quality of Chinese Children across Different Age Groups.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary team teaching method on breastfeeding knowledge of nursing students in China: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Application of the Information-Knowledge-Attitude-Practice Model in Breastfeeding Management for Pregnant Women with High Hepatitis B Virus Load.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Uncovering complex correlations between multidimensional factors and breastfeeding duration using XGBoost.PloS one · 2026Article
- Workplace lactation support attenuates the association between early maternal return to work and preschool overweight/obesity in China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Lactation duration and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in parous women: A perspective on socioeconomic status disparity.Journal of advanced research · 2025Article
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- [Nutritional status and influencing factors of breast milk vitamin A among lactating women in three regions of Chin].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2024Article
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- The Effects of Breastfeeding on Childhood Behavioral and Emotional Development: A Prospective Cohort Study in China.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Association of Perinatal Depressive Symptoms with Breastfeeding.Alpha psychiatry · 2024Article
- Trends of obesity and overweight among children and adolescents in China.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2023Review
- Maternal Characteristics, Intention, Self-Efficacy, Perceived Social Support, and Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice: Structural Equation Modeling Approaches.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Relationship between Maternal Postpartum Intention to Breastfeed and Actual Breastfeeding Duration - Four Provinces, China, 2015-2017.China CDC weekly · 2022Article
- The Current Status of Breastfeeding Knowledge and Its Influencing Factors in Nursing Undergraduates: A Cross-Sectional Study in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Breastfeeding Practices and Associated Factors in Shanghai: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
This review summarizes breastfeeding rates in China reported during the decade 2007-2018, a decade on from our previous review published in 2007. Compared with the studies undertaken before 2007 in China, recent studies are more likely to report breastfeeding rates using longer periods of observation, enabling rates to be summarized to six and 12 months postpartum in this review. There appears to have been a modest increase in breastfeeding in China. The mean duration of "any breastfeeding" was 10 months (9 to 11 months in the majority of cities), an increase compared with the previous review in which the mean of "any breastfeeding" duration was 8 months (7 to 9 months in the majority of cities). Using data from cohort studies, the proportion of infants being breastfed at 4 months increased from 78% in the earlier decade to 83% more recently. A second baby is usually breastfed for longer than the first, considering both "any" and "exclusive breastfeeding". China is a huge country and there is considerable diversity in culture, level of economic development, education and breastfeeding rates in different areas of China, but our review suggests that there has been some improvement in the "any breastfeeding" rate in the most recent decade.
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