title: Factors that influence the choice of infant feeding.
abstract: To consider some of the many factors that influence the choice to initiate and continue breast-feeding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is increasing recognition of the nutritional value and related health outcomes of breast-fed infants. Further research is essential to appraise the medical and social determinants of infant feeding practices, particularly the early discontinutation of breast-feeding. Paediatricians are in an ideal position to foster, encourage and support such research and to accept a wider role in advocacy of the infant's right to obtain optimal nutrition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fetal and Perinatal Medicine, King George V Hospital, Camperdown and University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Jeffery
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D001315:Australia; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors