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Table 2 Overall, the most common reported parental reasons for changing infant formula

From: Infant formula feeding practices in a prospective population based study

Reported reason

2 months

6 months

12 months

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Infant was hungry

122 (34.0%)

202 (30.8%)

60 (7.5%)

Advice of healthcare professional

44 (12.2%)

35 (5.3%)

35 (4.4%)

Followed label guidelines

1 (0.3%)

157 (24.0%)

249 (31.2%)