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. 2017 Dec 2;12:48. doi: 10.1186/s13006-017-0139-4

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Fig. 1 — Proportion and transition probabilities of infant feeding practice (n = 1899) in the US. Figure shows the development of infant feeding in the first 6 months. Direct breastfeeding (DBF - blue) was practiced in the first month by 23.8% of the women. In the second month, a few women (23.3% from DBF and pumping and feeding [P&F] group) moved to the DBF group. In month 5, nearly all infants from the DBF group were introduced to solid food feeding (SFF). The same pattern is seen for the mix of direct DBF and P&F (green). The group of women with a mixed feeding combination (DBF, P&F, FF - violet) dissolved into either formula feeding (FF) or the combination of DBF + P&F in month 2. Formula-feed (FF) infants (32.9%, dark red) experience increasing introduction of solid food (SF-pink) from month 2-5