Young Child Nutrition: Knowledge and Surveillance Gaps across the Spectrum of Feeding

Reverri, Elizabeth J.; Arensberg, Mary Beth; Murray, Robert; Kerr, Kirk W.; Wulf, Karyn L.

doi:10.3390/nu14153093

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“…According to our study findings, no significant association exists between the origin and kind of complementary feeding eaten and toddler nutritional status. Other research has found similar results, indicating that the time of introducing complementary feeding and the origin/type of complementary feeding may not significantly impact toddlers' nutritional status (23,(32)(33)(34)(35). However, numerous research has yielded different results, and this study's small sample size and uneven data distribution may have influenced the results.…”

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Relationship between Early Initiation Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding, and Nutritional Education with Nutritional Status of Children under Three years

Karina

2023

Gac Méd Caracas

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Introduction: Nutritional status according to the height-to-age index was influenced by many factors, such as maternal or child factors. Now, the government’s nutrition program focuses on the problem of malnutrition in toddlers, especially stunting. The study aimed to determine the relationship between a history of early initiation breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and nutrition education with the nutritional status of toddlers according to height-to-age index.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 53%

Relationship between Early Initiation Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding, and Nutritional Education with Nutritional Status of Children under Three years

Karina

2023

Gac Méd Caracas

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“…During puberty, adolescents (15-19 years) grow and develop rapidly, which requires higher amounts of energy, protein, and micronutrients (34). For lifelong functionality, wellbeing, and achievement, adequate intake of energy, protein, and micronutrients in youth is thus key to physical growth, along with motor, language, and socioemotional development (34,(38)(39)(40).…”

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“…Optimal nutrition is critical from infancy through adolescence and puberty to support growth and to achieve important motor, language, and social milestones ( 34 , 38 ). Nutritional requirements for children in the first years of life support rapid linear growth and weight gain for increased bone length and muscle mass and for growth and development of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiorespiratory system, kidneys, and immune and central nervous systems ( 39 ).…”

Section: Nutrition Matters Across the Lifespanmentioning

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“…Nutritional requirements for children in the first years of life support rapid linear growth and weight gain for increased bone length and muscle mass and for growth and development of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiorespiratory system, kidneys, and immune and central nervous systems ( 39 ). Brain development is especially rapid in the first 24 months, thus requiring adequate macro- and micronutrients ( 38 , 39 ). Without good early nutrition, a child may experience diminished cognitive performance throughout life ( 39 ).…”

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Good nutrition across the lifespan is foundational for healthy aging and sustainable development

et al. 2023

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Ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing across the age spectrum are essential to sustainable development. Nutrition is at the heart of the World Health Organization (WHO) Sustainable Development Goals, particularly for Sustainable Development Goal 2/Subgoal 2, which is to End all forms of malnutrition by 2030. This subgoal addresses people of all ages, including targeted groups like young children and older adults. In recent decades, there have been marked advances in the tools and methods used to screen for risk of malnutrition and to conduct nutritional assessments. There have also been innovations in nutritional interventions and outcome measures related to malnutrition. What has been less common is research on how nutritional interventions can impact healthy aging. Our Perspective article thus takes a life-course approach to consider what is needed to address risk of malnutrition and why, and to examine how good nutrition across the lifespan can contribute to healthy aging. We discuss broad-ranging yet interdependent ways to improve nutritional status worldwide—development of nutritional programs and policies, incorporation of the best nutrition-care tools and methods into practice, provision of professional training for quality nutritional care, and monitoring health and economic benefits of such changes. Taken together, our Perspective aims to (i) identify current challenges to meeting these ideals of nutritional care, and to (ii) discover enabling strategies for the improvement of nutrition care across the lifespan. In harmony with the WHO goal of sustainable development, we underscore roles of nutrition to foster healthy human development and healthy aging worldwide.

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Research on commercial milk formulas for young children: A scoping review

Cavalcanti,

Silva,

Lamarca

et al. 2024

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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A scoping review of publications about commercial milk formulas intended for or consumed by children 12–36 months (CMF 12–36) was conducted. This review aimed to comprehensively map the existing literature, identify key concepts in the field and understand its evolution through time. A total of 3329 articles were screened and 220 were included, published between 1986 and 2024. Most works were published after 2016 (70.0%) and in high‐income countries (71.8%). Original studies were the vast majority (81.8%) of publications. Most publications dealt with feeding practices or analysed the composition and/or contamination of specific products (44.1% and 35.9%), but since the late 2000s, publications about marketing, policy, legislation, and consumer perception started to appear. Most published works (65.5%) did not focus exclusively on CMF 12–36 and included formulas for other demographics or other foods. About half of the works (55.5%) did not consider CMF 12–36 to be a breast milk substitute. We found 81 distinct product denominations used to refer to CMF 12–36, Growing Up Milk was the most common (25.9%). CMF industry was involved in 41.8% of all analysed works, and industry participation and funding were not always clearly informed (22.5% lacked a conflict of interest statement, and 25.5% did not present any information about funding). In the last decade, publications about CMF 12–36 have increased in volume and diversified in scope and subject matter. CMF‐industry participation has always been and still is present in the field, so possible vested interests should be taken into account when appreciating the literature.

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Young Child Nutrition: Knowledge and Surveillance Gaps across the Spectrum of Feeding

Cited by 5 publications

References 42 publications

Relationship between Early Initiation Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding, and Nutritional Education with Nutritional Status of Children under Three years

Relationship between Early Initiation Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding, and Nutritional Education with Nutritional Status of Children under Three years

Good nutrition across the lifespan is foundational for healthy aging and sustainable development

Research on commercial milk formulas for young children: A scoping review

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