title: Breast-feeding versus formula: cost comparison.
abstract: Peterkin and Walker published in 1976 a cost estimate of feeding a baby in the U.S. At that time, they found there was little difference in cost between breast-feeding and formula feeding. Since then, however, the cost of formula has risen drastically--more than 150% during the 1980s. One researcher estimated that food and feeding equipment cost $855 in the first year. Whereas the cost of formula is quite apparent when a family buys it, the cost of breast-feeding is hidden.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Honolulu, HI 96822.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Jarosz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000191:economics*; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged