A study of association between self feeding practices and nutritional status of infants in a rural population
Journal Title: Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Background: Feeding practices determine the nutritional status of infants. Infant and young child feeding practices include appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. The impact of complementary feeding in the form of proper timing, quantity and quality of food on nutritional status is a matter of study in many research works. But nutritional status not only depends on type and amount of food but also on how it’s fed. Responsive feeding which includes encouraging the child to feed him or her also improves nutritional status. Objective: To assess the impact of self-feeding practice on nutritional status of children. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was done between December 2015 to January 2016 on 200 infants between 9 months to 1 year in field practice area of Sri Siddhartha Medical College Tumkur. Results: Of the 200 infants who were studied, self feeding was initiated early (8 to 10 months) in 158 infants and late (after 10 months) in 42. The prevalence of stunting was significantly less in early self-feeding group (18.98%) compared to late self-feeding group (47.14%) with P value of <0.001. The prevalence of wasting was also found to be significantly less in early self-feeding group (37.9 %) compared to late self-feeding group (66.66%) with P value of <0.001. Conclusion: There is a significant association between early self-feeding practices and better nutritional status of infants.
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Sreedhara M. S, Sudarshan K. P, Kruthika K
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