Maternal Education and Complementary Feeding

Selected complementary feeding practices and their association with maternal education.

OBJECTIVE As infants transition from a milk-based diet to one that includes most food groups, the timing of the transition, how infants are fed, and the quality of their diet can have important health implications. Our objective is to describe these factors for US infants. METHODS We analyzed data from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II. Sample sizes varied for relevant questions from appr...

Introduction of complementary foods in Sweden and impact of maternal education on feeding practices.

OBJECTIVE To describe the introduction of complementary foods in a population-based cohort in relation to recommendations and explore the possible impact of maternal education on infant feeding practices. DESIGN Prospective data from the All Babies in Southeast Sweden (ABIS) cohort study were used. The ABIS study invited all infants born in south-east Sweden during October 1997-October 1999 (...

Food allergy and complementary feeding.

The relationship between complementary feeding and the development of atopic disease is the source of significant interest and debate in both the scientific and lay communities. A small number of early studies, which had considerable influence on recommended feeding practices, reported protective effects associated with delaying the introduction of commonly allergenic foods such as cow's milk, ...

Importance of Exclusive Breast Feeding and Complementary Feeding Among Infants

The aim of this review is to document the advantages of exclusive breastfeeding along with concerns which may hinder the practice of breastfeeding and focuses on the appropriateness of complementary feeding and feeding difficulties which infants encounter. Breastfeeding, as recommended by the World Health Organisation, is the most cost effective way for reducing childhood morbidity such as obes...

Complementary feeding in preterm infants.