Sentences with phrase «packs about infant feeding»
A total of 547 consecutive pregnant women presenting for their first prenatal visit were randomized to receive one of two distinct educational packs about infant feeding, one containing formula company produced materials (commercial) and the other containing materials with similar subject matter but selected to eliminate all forms of formula advertising (noncommercial).
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Obstacles to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include insufficient prenatal education about breastfeeding132, 133; disruptive hospital policies and practices134; inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding135; early hospital discharge in some populations136; lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits137; maternal employment138, 139 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding) 140; lack of family and broad societal support141; media portrayal of bottle feeding as normative142; commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and some television and general magazine advertising143, 144; misinformation; and lack of guidance and encouragement from health care professionals.135, 145,146
Both packs contained information about infant feeding emphasizing breastfeeding as optimal infant nutrition, and neither contained information about pacifiers.