{
  "id": 70233,
  "title": "Global breastfeeding rates rise, India yet to arrest decline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/global-breastfeeding-rates-rise-india-yet-to-arrest-decline",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-03T01:52:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ETHealthworld",
    "slug": "ethealthworld",
    "url": "https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/global-breastfeeding-rates-rise-india-yet-to-arrest-decline/132816155"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "India's exclusive breastfeeding rate has declined, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6, 2023-24). The rate had increased from 54.9% to 63.7% between NFHS-4 and NFHS-5, but dropped to 55.8% in NFHS-6.\n\nThe Union health ministry has attributed the decline to various factors, including socio-cultural practices, family customs, individual preferences, the use of pre-lacteal feeds and infant milk substitutes, and breastfeeding frequency, as per ETHealthworld.\n\nMaternal healthcare indicators in India have generally shown improvement, with institutional deliveries reaching 90.6% and postnatal care coverage at 82.8% in NFHS-6, The Hindu Health reported. However, the decline in exclusive breastfeeding rates is a notable exception to this trend.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ETHealthworld",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/estimated-cancer-cases-in-north-india-rise-nearly-10-over-5-years",
        "published": "2026-07-31T01:53:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}