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Trial reportEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2020

The cost of baby-led vs. parent-led approaches to introducing complementary foods in New Zealand.

S Bacchus, R W Taylor, E A Fleming, J J Haszard, L Fangupo, L Daniels, A-L M Heath

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

S BacchusDepartment of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
R W TaylorDepartment of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. rachael.taylor@otago.ac.nz.
E A FlemingDepartment of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
J J HaszardBiostatistics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
L FangupoDepartment of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
L DanielsDepartment of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
A-L M HeathDepartment of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2856-0782

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Baby-led approaches to complementary feeding promote intake of family foods rather than infant specific foods, from the start of the complementary feeding period, which advocates suggest should be less expensive. However, this has never been formally examined. We recently completed a 2-year randomised controlled trial comparing baby-led (BLISS) and traditional spoon-feeding (Control) approaches to complementary feeding in 206 infants. Perceived expense was assessed at infant 7, 8, 9 and 12 months of age. The actual cost of intake (food offered, consumed and left over) was calculated from 3-day weighed diet records at 7 and 12 months of age. BLISS was perceived as less expensive than traditional feeding (P = 0.002), but comparisons of actual costs showed only small differences in total daily cost for food offered (NZ$0.20 and NZ$0.10 at 7 and 12 months, respectively), consumed (NZ$0.30, NZ$0.20) or left over (NZ$0.10, NZ$0.20). Baby-led approaches are not cheaper for families than traditional spoon-feeding.

Indexed as

Feeding BehaviorInfant FoodBreast FeedingFemaleHumansInfantInfant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaNew ZealandParentsWeaning

Identifiers

PMID32203234

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