Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39431648›Full record

ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2025

Complementary feeding practices and nutritional status in infants living in Turkey: Iowa infant feeding attitude scale and complementary feeding index.

Bilge Meral Koc, Tugce Ozlu Karahan, Ezgi Arslan Yuksel, Gokcen Garipoglu

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Maternal & child nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Bilge Meral KocDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics Ihlamur Yildiz Cad., Faculty of Health Sciences, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-9559-2368
Tugce Ozlu KarahanDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics Beyoglu, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0139-676X
Ezgi Arslan YukselDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics Ihlamur Yildiz Cad., Faculty of Health Sciences, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-0624-4711
Gokcen GaripogluDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics Ihlamur Yildiz Cad., Faculty of Health Sciences, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-7430-5163

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although complementary feeding (CF) and maternal attitudes towards infant feeding are known to affect the nutritional status of infants during the neonatal period, studies in this field remain limited. The present study aimed to determine CF practices for infants aged 6-12 months who live in Turkey and maternal attitudes towards infant feeding. In addition, the effects of CF practices and maternal attitudes on the nutritional status of infants were examined. This study included 720 infants, of whom 289 were aged 6-8 months and 431 were aged 9-12 months. CF status was assessed using the CF index (CFI), and maternal attitudes towards infant feeding were measured using the Iowa infant feeding attitude scale (IIFAS). The weight and length measurements of infants were categorized using z-scores. Infants with weight-for-age z-score (WAZ) and weight-for-length z-score (WLZ) of less than -2 standard deviation were categorized as malnourished. Mothers of malnourished infants were found to have lower CFI and IIFAS scores (p < 0.05). Consistency of fruit feeding and complementary foods in the first 3 days of CF was associated with WAZ. The mothers' level of knowledge about CF and appropriate CF practices significantly affects the nutritional status of infants. The tools used in the present study to monitor CF practices should be incorporated into public health programmes.

Indexed as

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeInfant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaMothersNutritional StatusAdultBody WeightCross-Sectional StudiesFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansInfantInfant FoodMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesTurkeycomplementary feedinginfant growthinfant nutrition

Identifiers

PMID39431648
PMCPMC11650042

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.