{
  "id": 10530234,
  "title": "Study revisits measures of breastfeeding success—and the consequences for parents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/study-revisits-measures-of-breastfeeding-success-and-the-consequences",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-28T20:40:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-revisits-breastfeeding-success-consequences-parents.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new study published in JAMA Network Open revisits the concept of successful breastfeeding, moving beyond solely measuring the duration of breastfeeding to include person-centered outcomes such as a parent's well-being and emotional health. Led by Deanna Nardella of the Yale School of Medicine, the researchers analyzed 2026 national survey data from a sample of 712 adults who had used breast pumps with their full-term infants aged 3 to 24 months.\n\nThe study found that while there has been a slight decrease in the prevalence of unmet breastfeeding goals compared to earlier U.S. studies, over one-third of respondents still had unmet prenatal breastfeeding goals. Among those who stopped breastfeeding, 60% were disappointed by this outcome. Participants with unmet goals reported significantly lower satisfaction and success with breastfeeding compared to those who met their goals. The researchers suggest that unmet goals are more often the result of systemic barriers rather than individual motivation, and they emphasize the need for health systems, payers, and public policy to better support breastfeeding families.",
  "summary": "Within breastfeeding research, there's a widely recognized need to move beyond using only the duration of breastfeeding as the measure of \"successful breastfeeding\" and to integrate person-centered outcomes.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}