Breast Feeding

"Breast Feeding" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The nursing of an infant at the breast.

Descriptor ID	D001942
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.407.199 G07.203.650.195 G07.203.650.220.500.500 G07.203.650.353.199
Concept/Terms	Breast Feeding Breast Feeding Feeding, Breast Breastfeeding Breast Feeding, Exclusive Breast Feeding, Exclusive Exclusive Breast Feeding Breastfeeding, Exclusive Exclusive Breastfeeding

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Breast Feeding".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Feeding Behavior [F01.145.407]
Breast Feeding [F01.145.407.199]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Diet, Food, and Nutrition [G07.203]
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena [G07.203.650]
Breast Feeding [G07.203.650.195]
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena [G07.203.650.220]
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena [G07.203.650.220.500]
Breast Feeding [G07.203.650.220.500.500]
Feeding Behavior [G07.203.650.353]
Breast Feeding [G07.203.650.353.199]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Breast Feeding".

Breast Feeding
Breast Milk Expression

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Breast Feeding" by people in this website by year, and whether "Breast Feeding" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 92 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2010 and 2013 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
2002	2	0	2
2003	1	1	2
2004	2	1	3
2005	0	2	2
2006	2	1	3
2007	6	0	6
2008	2	1	3
2009	1	0	1
2010	7	1	8
2011	1	2	3
2012	3	1	4
2013	7	1	8
2014	3	0	3
2015	0	3	3
2016	3	0	3
2017	3	0	3
2018	2	3	5
2019	3	2	5
2020	2	1	3
2021	4	4	8
2022	4	0	4
2023	4	2	6
2024	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Breast Feeding" by people in Profiles.

Horta BL, Coca KP, Desai M, Dias MS, B Jaccottet M, Ross MG. Breastfeeding moderates the association of maternal pre-pregnancy nutritional status with offspring body composition at 30 years. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2024 Mar 15; 15:e3.

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Rollins L, Giddings T, Henes ST, Mubasher M, White C. Project DINE: Addressing Disparities in Nutrition and Maternal Mortality and Morbidity through Nutrition and Father Engagement. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2024; 35(3S):62-84.

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Mayerl CJ, German RZ. Evolution, diversification and function of the maternal-infant dyad in mammalian feeding. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 12 04; 378(1891):20220554.

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Buxbaum SG, Arigbede O, Mathis A, Close F, Suther SG, Mazzio E, Saunders-Jones R, Soliman KFA, Darling-Reed SF. Disparities in Infant Nutrition: WIC Participation and Rates of Breastfeeding in Florida. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 05 29; 20(11).

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Haley CO, Gross TT, Story CR, McElderry CG, Stone KW. Social Media Usage as a Form of Breastfeeding Support Among Black Mothers: A Scoping Review of the Literature. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2023 Jul-Aug; 68(4):442-448.

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Ochapa M, Baptiste-Roberts K, Barrett SE, Animasahun A, Bronner Y. The role of doulas in providing breastfeeding?support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int Breastfeed J. 2023 04 21; 18(1):23.

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Vass RA, Bell EF, Roghair RD, Kiss G, Funke S, Bokor S, Moln?r D, Miseta A, B?dis J, Kov?cs K, Ertl T. Insulin, Testosterone, and Albumin in Term and Preterm Breast Milk, Donor Milk, and Infant Formula. Nutrients. 2023 Mar 19; 15(6).

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Ukoli F, Leavell J, Mayo A, Moore J, Nchami N, Britt A. Encouraging and Reinforcing Safe Breastfeeding Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 01 18; 20(3).

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Mulville K, Kai J, Kearney JM, Ng-Osorio J, Boushey CJ, Fialkowski MK. A Qualitative Analysis of a Caregivers' Experience of Complementary Feeding in a Population of Native Hawaiian, Other Pacific Islander and Filipino Infants: The Timing of the Introduction of Complementary Foods, and the Role of Transgenerational Experience. Nutrients. 2022 Aug 10; 14(16).

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Rollins L, Giddings T, Henes S, Culbreth W, Coleman AS, Smith S, White C, Nelson T. Design and Implementation of a Nutrition and Breastfeeding Education Program for Black Expecting Mothers and Fathers. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2022 08; 54(8):794-803.

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