Complementary Feeding Practices and Parental Pressure to Eat among Spanish Infants and Toddlers: A Cross-Sectional Study
| Autor: | Juan Francisco Haro-Vicente, Maria Jose Bernal, Luis Manuel Sanchez-Siles, Michelle Klerks, Sergio Román |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adolescent
030309 nutrition & dietetics Cross-sectional study Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis home-prepared food lcsh:Medicine Article Complementary food 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Cognitive interview Child Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena 0303 health sciences business.industry lcsh:R digestive oral and skin physiology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant health Feeding Behavior Diet Breast Feeding Cross-Sectional Studies Spain Child Preschool Pressure to eat Fish Female Parental feeding complementary feeding practices business parental pressure to eat Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 1982, p 1982 (2021) Volume 18 Issue 4 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | The introduction of complementary foods is a crucial stage in the development and determination of infants’ health status in both the short and longer-term. This study describes complementary feeding practices among infants and toddlers in Spain. Also, relationships among sample characteristics (both parents and their child), feeding practices (timing, type of complementary food), and parental pressure to eat were explored. Cognitive interviewing with 18 parents was used to refine the survey questions. Responses from a national random sample of 630 parents, who were responsible for feeding their infants and toddlers aged 3–18 months, were obtained. Solids, often cereals and/or fruits first, were introduced at a median age of five months. Fish and eggs were introduced around the age of nine and ten months. Almost all children were fed with home-prepared foods at least once per week (93%), and in 36% of the cases, salt was added. Interestingly, higher levels of parental pressure to eat were found in female infants, younger parents, parents with a full-time job, the southern regions of Spain, and in infants who were not fed with home-prepared foods. Our insights underline the importance of clear feeding recommendations that can support health care professionals in promoting effective strategies to improve parental feeding practices. |
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