The Survey has now closed. Results expected summer 2024.

Over the last 18 months there has been much public focus on the issue of formula poverty. However, despite international research having explored the impact of poverty on women’s infant feeding experiences in a wider context, little attention has been paid to the impact of food insecurity on infant feeding in the UK.

With that in mind, Feed has launched our Out of Milk inquiry to gather information on whether food insecurity has impacted women’s infant feeding experiences in the last year, and to look at some of the factors that influence infant feeding in the UK today.. We also seek to gain an understanding of how professionals who work with families are able to support families living in food insecurity with infant feeding , and identify where there may be gaps in understanding.

We want to hear from parents/carers of babies aged 12 months or under, and also from professionals and volunteers who work with families with infants. Thus, we invite you to participate in our anonymous survey.

Our study protocol was approved by the University of Edinburgh R(D)SVS Human Ethical Review Committee and Sponsored by ACCORD (University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian).

To participate please select the most relevant option from the two options by clicking on the pink button. You will be directed to a form via which you can submit your responses.

The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 14th February 2024.

We greatly appreciate your time in responding to our inquiry, thank you.

#OutOfMilk hashtag was used with permission by Prof Lesley Frank, whose book Out of Milk explores infant food insecurity in Canada. Thank you Prof Frank.