Background: Commercially produced infant food has a different taste profile and nutritional content to homemade baby food and its consumption is now very widespread. This change in early food experience may lead to a reduced dietary variety and a decreased microbial load exposure. Objective: The purpose of this study was to gain insight into parental perceptions of complementary feeding, specif...

Dietary guidelines based on 5 food groups was used as a main nutrition education tool until 1996 when food based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) were promoted after 2 years of formulation and development. These FBDGs for the general population were designed to promote desirable and culturally acceptable eating behavior. The nine qualitative guidelines of Thai FBDGs include: 1. eat a variety of foods...

BACKGROUND Identifying the determinants of child's liking for different foods may help to prevent future choices of unhealthy food. OBJECTIVE To study early-life food-related characteristics associated with child's liking for different foods at 5y with a longitudinal study. DESIGN 1142 5y- old children completed a liking test for "fruit and vegetables", "meat, fish and eggs", desserts and c...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the infant feeding practices of participating mothers who were recruited into a research project aimed at improving the nutritional status of mildly wasted children (< -1.0 to ≥ -1.5 Weight-for-Height Z-scores) aged ≥ 6 to < 60 months on Nias Island, Indonesia. METHODS Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based interview of mothers of the index children (n = 215) ...

Determination of available lysine was used to assess the heat damage produced during the processing of cereals for infant foods. The infant cereals analysed were: wheat, 7 and 8 cereals, rice, rice±corn, rice±corn±soy and oat. Lysine losses during the toasting of ̄ours ranged between 14 and 29%. Roller-drying treatment caused considerable heat damage, with a 53% decrease of available lysine in ...

Peanut is a very dangerous allergen. Too often one is unaware that peanut allergens can be found everywhere, hidden in a myriad of foods, and without any indication of their presence. It is stressed that not even infant feedings and medications can be exempt, thus leading to anaphylaxis.

OBJECTIVE To assess the advances in the Brazilian norm for commercialization of infant foods from 1988 to 2002, comparing the different texts with each other and with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. METHODS This was a descriptive study based on data collected from documents, reports, ordinances and resolutions from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. The versions...

Rapid economic and cultural transition in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been accompanied by new challenges to public health; most notably a rapid rise in chronic disease. Breastfeeding is known to improve health outcomes in adulthood, is associated with reduced risk of developing chronic disease, and is therefore an important public health issue for this rapidly increasing population. Fact...

Composition claim, nutrition claim and health claim are often found on the commercial complementary food packaging. The introduction of complementary foods (CFs) to infants is a turning point in the development of their eating behavior, and their commercial use for Taiwanese infants is growing. In Taiwan, lots of the advertisements for CFs employed health or nutrition claims to promote the prod...

Infant feeding and weaning practices in India continue to demonstrate that a significant number of infants do not receive colostrum (62.8% according to the National Family Health Survey, NFHS-2), though breastfeeding is universal and continued for a longer period. In NFHS-3 (2005-2006), there is improving trend for breastfeeding within the first hour of birth (23.4%) and exclusive breastfeeding...