Infant and maternal predictors of early life feeding decisions. The timing of solid food introduction

Doub, Allison E.; Moding, Kameron J.; Stifter, Cynthia A.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2015.05.028

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“…Turning to research in the context of developed countries, several prior research studies have found that younger mothers have a higher likelihood of early complementary feeding [ 21 ]. The findings of a recent study in the United States context were in agreement, having identified a positive association between the timing of the introduction of solid foods and the age of the mother [ 26 ].…”

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Factors Associated with the Early Introduction of Complementary Feeding in Saudi Arabia

Alzaheb

2016

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Mothers’ instigation of complementary feeding before their infant reaches 6 months old risks shortening their breastfeeding duration, and high morbidity and mortality for their child. Complementary feeding practices require further investigation in Saudi Arabia. The present study aims to evaluate complementary feeding practices, and to establish which factors are associated with the early introduction of complementary feeding in the Saudi Arabian context. Cross-sectional research was conducted with 632 mothers of infants aged between 4 and 24 months attending five primary health care centers (PHCCs) between July and December 2015 in Saudi Arabia. Data on participants’ socio-demographic characteristics and complementary feeding practices were collected via structured questionnaires. A regression analysis identified the factors associated with the early introduction of solid foods, defined as before 17 weeks. 62.5% of the study’s infants received solid foods before reaching 17 weeks old. The maternal factors at higher risk of early introduction of solids were: younger age; Saudi nationality; shorter education; employment within 6 months post-birth; caesareans; not breastfeeding fully for six weeks post-birth, and living in low-income households. Complementary feeding prior to 6 months postpartum was common in Saudi Arabia. Public health interventions are needed to reduce early complementary feeding, focusing on mothers at highest risk of giving solids too early.

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Factors Associated with the Early Introduction of Complementary Feeding in Saudi Arabia

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2016

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“…Mothers of infants who were perceived to have difficult temperaments were more likely to give their infants food in order to calm them (McMeekin et al, 2013). Negative infant reactivity and maternal use of the pressuring with cereal feeding style was found to be associated with earlier introduction of solid foods (Doub, Moding, & Stifter, 2015). These infant characteristics may also operate in conjunction with maternal psychosocial characteristics to influence feeding styles.…”

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The influence of maternal psychosocial characteristics on infant feeding styles

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Maternal feeding styles in infancy and early childhood are associated with children’s later risk for overweight and obesity. Maternal psychosocial factors that influence feeding styles during the complementary feeding period, the time during which infants transition from a milk-based diet to one that includes solid foods and other non-milk products, have received less attention. The present study explores how maternal psychosocial factors—specifically self-esteem, parenting self-efficacy, parenting satisfaction, and depression symptoms—influence mothers’ infant feeding styles at nine months of age, a time during which solid foods eating habits are being established. Participants included 160 low-income, African-American mother-infant pairs in central North Carolina who were enrolled in the Infant Care and Risk of Obesity Study. Regression models tested for associations between maternal psychosocial characteristics and pressuring and restrictive feeding styles. Models were first adjusted for maternal age, education, marital status and obesity status. To account for infant characteristics, models were then adjusted for infant weight-for-length, distress to limitations and activity level scores. Maternal self-esteem was negatively associated with pressuring to soothe. Maternal parenting self-efficacy was positively associated with restriction-diet quality. Maternal parenting satisfaction and depression symptoms were not associated with feeding styles in the final models. Focusing on strengthening maternal self-esteem and parenting self-efficacy may help to prevent the development of less desirable infant feeding styles.

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“…Weaning should therefore continue as freely to facilitate nutritional fate and the child's somatic and behavioural development. 27 N o n -c o m m e r c i a l u s e o n l y…”

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Introducing complementary foods in the first year of life

Tandoi¹,

Morlacchi²,

Bossi³

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Pediatr Med Chir

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Introduction of solid foods is a fundamental step in the development of an individual. There are many implications that weaning contains not only on a nutritional plan, but also on the contingent and long-term health of an individual. Over time this nutritional passage has evolved through the acquisition of new knowledge about maturation of anatomical and neurosensory structures involved in all the phases of such a complex process. The understanding of a maturing taste of infant and cultural changes is another key to understand the evolution of introduction of solid foods in infants. What is contained in this text encapsulates thus the evolutionary path of weaning in recent years, showing current trends in the light of cultural changes and new scientific acquisitions.

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Infant and maternal predictors of early life feeding decisions. The timing of solid food introduction

Cited by 46 publications

References 48 publications

Factors Associated with the Early Introduction of Complementary Feeding in Saudi Arabia

Factors Associated with the Early Introduction of Complementary Feeding in Saudi Arabia

The influence of maternal psychosocial characteristics on infant feeding styles

Introducing complementary foods in the first year of life

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