To the Editor A research article entitled “National Trends in the Provision of Human Milk at Hospital Discharge Among Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants”¹ (VLBW) has been published in JAMA Pediatrics. Parker et al describe the US trends in the provision of human milk at hospital discharge among 346 248 infants born between 23 and 29 weeks’ gestation or with a birth weight of 401 g to 1500 g, all cared for at 802 US hospitals in the Vermont Oxford Network in a 10-year period (from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2017). Their main findings are the persistent disparities by US region and race/ethnicity, mainly in the South and among non-Hispanic black and Native American populations, even if placed in a scenario of overall US rate in provision of human milk at hospital discharge.

致编辑：《美国医学会杂志》（JAMA Pediatrics）发表了一篇题为“极低出生体重婴儿在医院出院时提供人乳的国家趋势”的研究文章¹（VLBW）。。Parker等人描述了美国在出院时提供的母乳喂养趋势，其中346 248名在23至29周的妊娠期间出生或出生体重为401 g至1500 g的婴儿均在佛蒙特州的802家美国医院接受护理牛津网络的期限为10年（从2008年1月1日到2017年12月31日）。他们的主要发现是美国地区和种族/族裔之间的持续差距，主要是在南部地区以及非西班牙裔黑人和美洲原住民群体中，即使在美国出院时提供母乳的总体比例中也是如此。