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answer text: Breastfeeding at six months has been measured through the Infant Feeding Survey United Kingdom, which last ran in 2010. The results were published in 2012 and reported the breastfeeding prevalence for the UK outlined in the following table. Breastfeeding prevalence for babies aged six months in 2000, 2005 and 2010 in the UK: 2000 2005 2010 Exclusively breastfed Less than 1% Less than 1% 1% At all breastfed 21% 25% 34% Notes: Source: Infant Feeding Survey - UK, 2010. NHS Digital. Prevalence of breastfeeding is based on all mothers who completed Stage 3 of the survey. The UK has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world. Data published in the Lancet shows that 0.5% of babies in the UK are being breastfed up to one year compared with 23% in Germany, 56% in Brazil and 99% in Senegal. A copy of the Lancet article, Breastfeeding in the 21st Century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect, is attached.
answer given date: 2020-02-05+00:00
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