Pregnancy, breastfeeding and infant feeding

Indicators for assessing breastfeeding practices

Report summarizes the discussion and consensus reached on key breastfeeding indicators and specific methodologies for their measurement at the household survey level, following an informal meeting convened by WHO. Key indicators looked at: exclusive breastfeeding; predominant breastfeeding; timely complementary feeding; continued breastfeeding at one and two years of age; bottle-feeding.

This report can be accessed here