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- Title
COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING INDICATORS FOR CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 23 MONTHS ACCORDING TO BREASTFEEDING STATUS.
- Authors
Vidal Rodrigues Leonez, Daniella Garcia; Rocha de Freitas Melhem, Angélica; Gonçalves Vieira, Daniele; Falleiros de Mello, Débora; Chuproski Saldan, Paula
- Abstract
Objective: To verify if there are differences among the complementary feeding indicators of children aged 6–23 months according to the breastfeeding status. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 1,355 children aged 6–23 months in 2012 to evaluate five indicators proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and modified in accordance with Brazilian’s recommendations “Ten steps to a healthy feeding: a feeding guide for children under two years old”. The indicators used were: I. Introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods; II. Minimum dietary diversity; III. Minimum meal frequency; IV. Minimum acceptable diet, and V. Consumption of iron-rich foods. To verify differences between the complementary feeding indicators according to breastfeeding status, the F-statistic was used, with p≤0.05 meaning significant. Results: Indicators I, II, and V were similar among breastfed and non-breastfed children; however, indicators III and IV presented a higher proportion of adequacy for non-breastfed children, with 94.9% (CI95% 93.2–96.2) versus 40.3% (CI95% 33.2–47.9) for indicator III, and 57.3% (CI95% 53.2–61.2) versus 23.1% (CI95% 17.4–30.1) for indicator IV. Conclusions: Non-breastfed children have better complementary feeding status, but the indicator III takes into account non-breast milk as a meal for non-breastfed children, which increased the number of dairy meals and influenced indicator IV (calculated from indicators II and III).
- Subjects
BREASTFEEDING; FOOD consumption; CROSS-sectional method; ANIMAL feeding; AGE
- Publication
Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2021, Vol 39, p1
- ISSN
0103-0582
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1984-0462/2021/39/2019408