Breastfeeding and less healthy beverage intake during the first year of life
Authors' conclusion
Research on early-life correlates of dietary health should focus on the earliest beverages, given evidence that consumption of obesogenic beverages may begin prior to age 1 year.
Study context
- Population
- Infants in a birth cohort, Southeastern United States, 2013–2018; mothers' median age 26.5 years, 71% Black/African-American, 61% household incomes <$20,000/year
- Participants
- 666 infants
- Exposure
- Exclusively or partially breastfed vs not breastfed infants
- Outcome
- Monthly rates of 100% juice and SSB consumption
- Follow-up
- First year of life
Methodological detailslongitudinal, multivariable adjusted models
- Longitudinal
- Multivariable adjusted models
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Weekly juice and SSB consumption
Lower incidence rate of weekly juice consumption
38%
95% CI 52%–15%P = 0.003
Breastfed
Lower incidence rate of weekly sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption
57%
95% CI 76%–22%P = 0.006
Breastfed
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Prevalence of any breastfeeding
- Any breastfeeding during first month
- 78.2%
- Any breastfeeding at month 12
- 18.7%
Beverage consumption by age 12 months, all infants
- Juice, mean (SD) times per week
- 9.1 (10.1)
- SSBs, mean (SD) times per week
- 3.6 (9.5)
Original publication
Breastfeeding and less healthy beverage intake during the first year of life. Pediatr Obes. Published 23 November 2023. doi:10.
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