Status of Breastfeeding in Korea

Thursday, April 26, 2012
D: Dennis G. Carlson (Millennium Hall)
Seung Wook Lee, DrPH, MPH, DVM. Seoul National University, South Korea
Korea is a country with rapidly-growing economy. Enhanced life style could change breastfeeding in Korea. We have occasionally conducted nation-wide survey including a few questions regarding breastfeeding patterns. We have analyzed the breastfeeding pattern linked with some other variables, mostly socioeconomic variables. In this paper, we are going to present the results from the data analysis

Learning Objectives: Evaluate breastfeeding patterns in Korea