FOI reference: FOI-2024-1950
You asked
I am looking for any available data on the (in)ability of women to breastfeed broken down by reason and age in the past decade.
Specifically how many women cannot breastfeed due to lack of milk, how many decide to use breast-pump to get the milk production going and how many of those women keep going with it for over 6 weeks, over 6 months and over 2 years? Those who give up at any stage, what is the reason for it?
I would also like to know how many infants from 0-12 months in the UK are lactose intolerant if there are any latest data (2023) and how many/what age the lactose intolerance stops.
We said
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- Northern Ireland - Public Health Agency