The increased demand for baby formula in the U.S. is partly driven by the decline in breast-feeding rates
Covid-19 restrictions, pandemic disruptions caused shift in how parents feed their babies, health experts sayKatie Currid for The Wall Street Journalis a significant shift in the way parents feed their babies: Breast-feeding declined during the pandemic, reversing a decadeslong trend, health practitioners say.
Since 2020, the share of breast-fed one-year-olds has plummeted from an estimated 34% to an estimated 14% this year, according to surveys conducted by Demographic Intelligence, a forecasting firm that specializes in births and works with formula manufacturers including Abbott Laboratories and Nestlé SA . Because of the small sample size, the firm’s 2022 estimate has a range of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.
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