Appropriate spoon form for feeding of liquids in infant feeding development
| Autor: | Miho Hosoya, Yasutoshi Honda, Ryo Ishida, Misuzu Hattori, Mai Ohkubo, Takahiro Kawata, Tetsuya Sugiyama |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Dentistry Child Development Enteral Nutrition Medicine Humans Infant feeding Confusion business.industry Infant Mean age General Medicine Equipment Design Feeding Behavior medicine.disease Cooking and Eating Utensils Lip Surgery Airway Obstruction Infant Behavior Female Infant Food Cup feeding medicine.symptom business Choking |
| Zdroj: | The Bulletin of Tokyo Dental College. 52(3) |
| ISSN: | 0040-8891 |
| Popis: | Feeding development in infants is important not only for of the purpose of acquiring nutrition but also for developing the ability to intake liquids. Our previous study showed that the introduction of a straw was appropriate after an infant has acquired the ability to sip liquid from a spoon and/or cup. In this study, we investigated the effect of a bowlshaped spoon on liquid intake. The aim of this study was to determine the appropriate form of spoon for infant feeding development. Eleven healthy infants (3 girls and 8 boys, 10-18 months old, mean age: 13.3 months) were recruited with their guardians' consent. We made 3 types of prototype spoon: A, oval (a standard renge soup spoon); B, flared-out (with the margin of the bowl flared out); and C, hemispherical (with a hemispherical bottom, and smaller than type A or B). We observed infants taking liquid supported by their mothers and evaluated the following responses: 1) confusion with regard to lip position, 2) spillage and 3) choking. Type C showed statistically less confusion with regard to lip position than type A or B (p |
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