Breastmilk is the best source of nutrition for most infants and has important health benefits.1,2 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months and continued breastfeeding until 2 years or beyond.3 Healthy People 2030 (HP2030), a US Department of Health and Human Services initiative, sets national health targets, including increasing the proportion of infants exclusively breastfeeding through 6 months of age (target: 42.4%) and receiving any breastmilk at 1 year (target: 54.1%).4 We assessed the gains needed to achieve national HP2030 targets among different sociodemographic groups.
The National Immunization Survey—Child (NIS-Child) is an annual, nationally representative survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor vaccination and breastfeeding rates among US children aged 19 to 35 months.5 Data are collected by phone from a complex, stratified, multistage probability sample of eligible households. We combined survey...
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