ArticleNutrients2017
Introduction of Complementary Foods in a Cohort of Infants in Northeast Italy: Do Parents Comply with WHO Recommendations?
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- Feeding Patterns, Mother-Child Dietary Diversity and Prevalence of Malnutrition Among Under-Five Children in Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Retrospective Recall.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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- Complementary Feeding Practices and Parental Pressure to Eat among Spanish Infants and Toddlers: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Compliance of mothers' breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices with WHO recommendations in Turkey.Nutrition research and practice · 2020Article
- Complementary feeding practices among infants and young children in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Factors Influencing the Age of Complementary Feeding-A Cross-Sectional Study from Two European Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Factors associated with early introduction of complementary feeding and consumption of non-recommended foods among Dutch infants: the BeeBOFT study.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Age-Related Trends in the Diet of An Infant's Cohort in the Northeast of Italy from Six to Twelve Months of Age.Nutrients · 2019Article
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- Early feeding and nutritional status of Portuguese children in the first 36 months of life: EPACI Portugal 2012-a national representative cross-sectional study.Porto biomedical journalArticle
- Evaluation of the complementary feeding practices, dietary intake, and nutritional status of infants on a cow's milk protein elimination diet.Jornal de pediatriaObservational
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Abstract
Timing and type of complementary food in infancy affect nutritional status and health later in life. The objective of this paper was to assess complementary feeding practices, looking at timing, type, and compliance with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. Data were obtained from a birth cohort of 400 infants, enrolled in Trieste (Italy) between July 2007 and July 2008 and followed up for three years, using a "food introduction timing table". Five WHO recommendations standards were used to assess parental compliance and associated factors. Thirty seven percent of mothers returned the completed "timing table" up until the child was three years of age. Eighty six percent of infants were already receiving complementary foods at six months. The first food type to be introduced was fresh fruit (170 days from birth, median). Overall, infants shared a very similar diet, which was different from the family diet and characterized by delayed introduction of certain food types. Five percent of parents complied with either all five or only one of the WHO recommendations, 34% with three, and 35% with four. The parents' partial compliance with WHO recommendations is probably due to conflicting information received from different sources. This advocates for national evidence-based guidelines, supported and promoted by health professionals.
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