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ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2023

Trends in the prevalence of breastfeeding up to 6 months of age using structured data from routine child healthcare visits.

Ingrid Revheim, Melissa R Balthasar, Rupali R Akerkar, Kristine M Stangenes, Grethe Almenning, Eva Nygaard, Trond Markestad, Simon Øverland, Mathieu Roelants, Petur B Juliusson

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Ingrid RevheimDepartment of Health Registry Research and Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.
Melissa R BalthasarDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
Rupali R AkerkarDepartment of Health Registries, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.
Kristine M StangenesDepartment of Health Registry Research and Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.
Grethe AlmenningAgency for Children and Families, Bergen, Norway.
Eva NygaardAgency for Children and Families, Bergen, Norway.
Trond MarkestadDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-4725-1769
Simon ØverlandHaukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Mathieu RoelantsDepartment of Health Registry Research and Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.
Petur B JuliussonDepartment of Health Registry Research and Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-7064-1407

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aimThe Norwegian Action Plan for a Healthier Diet (2017-2021) set the target that 25% of infants should be exclusively breastfed for 6 months by 2022. Our aim was to determine trends in the prevalence and duration of breastfeeding in the municipality of Bergen.

methodsData on breastfeeding status in 2010-2018 were extracted from a standardised electronic medical record kept by public child health centres and recorded as exclusive, partial or none, at 6 weeks and 6 months of age.

resultsWe found that 28,503 and 26,735 infants attended the 6-week and 6-month consultations, respectively. The prevalence of any breastfeeding was 92.0% at 6 weeks and 78.0% at 6 months with no trend over time between 2010 and 2018. The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding at 6 weeks was 73.9% and stable over time, but it declined at 6 months, from 28.1% in 2010 to 11.1% in 2014 and remained stable thereafter.

conclusionDuring 2010-2018, the prevalence of any and exclusive breastfeeding at 6 weeks and any breastfeeding at 6 months was stable. Exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months declined halfway through the study period, to a stable, but low, prevalence of 11.1% by 2014.

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