ANAHEIM, Calif. — The rate of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers of neonates fell 11 percentage points from pre-pandemic levels at a large hospital in California, according to data presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.
Co-author John Wang, DO, MPH, a 3rd-year pediatric resident at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, told Healio in an interview that he helped initiate the study with the goal of improving breastfeeding rates at the center’s newborn nursery.
“SARS-CoV-2 has posed many challenges to breastfeeding, including staffing shortages, a decrease