Breastfeeding: Education A Key Influencer, new FRC research shows

Family Resiliency Center: A Research and Policy Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

This podcast explores factors that influence the likelihood of women breastfeeding at six weeks postpartum, according to a new study. Researchers found more education and support for breastfeeding, increases the likelihood of breastfeeding at six weeks postpartum. The study also found women are not receiving education and information about breastfeeding at the same rates, which could result in health disparities. This research was conducted by Family Resiliency Center Researchers at the University of Illinois and calls attention to the need to increase breastfeeding education and awareness, especially to at-risk populations. Hosted by: Ryann Monahan, Research Communications Specialist, Family Resiliency Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Featuring: Carolyn Sutter, PhD, Postdoctoral Student, Family Resiliency Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This research was conducted as part of the Family Resiliency Center’s Strong Kids 2 Project. Strong kids 2 is a cell-to-society transdiciplinary study investigating how individual biology interacts with the family environment and what it could mean for childhood obesity prevention and interventions. More information can be found at https://go.illinois.edu/strongkids2 The study can be found online at https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/bfm.2018.0056 Funding: This research was funded by grants from the National Dairy Council to S.M.D. and B.H.F. (Co-Principal Investigator’s), the Gerber Foundation to S.M.D., the Christopher Family Foundation to S.M.D. and Kelly K. Bost, Hatch ILLU 793-330 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to B.H.F., Kelly K. Bost and Margarita Teran-Garcia, and the National Institutes of Health DK107561 to S.M.D. The STRONG Kids Team includes Kelly Bost, S.M.D., Soo- Yeun Lee, B.A.M., Margarita Teran-Garcia, and B.H.F.