Effect of Early Limited Formula on Duration and Exclusivity of Breastfeeding in At-Risk Infants: An RCT

Public health policy focuses on reducing formula use for breastfed infants during the birth hospitalization.Observational evidence supports this approach, but no previous studies have examined the effect of early use of small volumes of formula on eventual breastfeeding duration.WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: Use of limited volumes of formula during the birth hospitalization may improve breastfeeding duration for newborns with high early weight loss.Reducing the use of formula during the birth hospitalization could be detrimental for some subpopulations of healthy term newborns.