The Importance of Women's Status for Child Nutrition in Developing Countries

Smith, Lisa C.; Ramakrishnan, Usha; Ndiaye, A.M.; Haddad, Lawrence; Martorell, Reynaldo

doi:10.1177/156482650302400309

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“…Simple, valid and reliable tools are needed to assess current complementary feeding practices, to design intervention programs, and to monitor their impact (Piwoz et al, 2003;Ruel et al, 2003). In the context of WHO expert consultation on complementary feeding, Piwoz et al (2003) suggested possible indicators of dietary diversity, quality and feeding frequency listed in Table 4.…”

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“…The same indicators calculated regardless of breastfeeding status reflected the lack of daily meat or vegetable consumption (diversity), adequate dietary quality, and adequate feeding frequency at 9 and 24 but not at 12 months of age. Indicators that assess breastfeeding separately from other aspects of feeding practices as suggested in the International Food Policy Research Institute's Discussion paper (Ruel et al, 2003) therefore, seem more appropriate.…”

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Food consumption and feeding patterns of Czech infants and toddlers living in Prague

Kudlová

Rameš

2006

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: To describe feeding patterns during first two years of life and their relation to sociodemographic factors. Design: Longitudinal study. Setting: Prague, Czech Republic. Subjects: Ninety-seven full-term healthy singletons enrolled at maternity ward, of which 90.7% completed the study. Methods: Diet was assessed at 9, 12 and 24 months of age using a structured 3-day dietary record. Additional information was obtained from questionnaires completed at birth and at 6 months. Results: The median duration of exclusive breastfeeding was 5 months, and that of total breastfeeding 9 months. Breastfeeding rate 47.4% at 9 months declined to 4.5% at 24 months. Total duration of breastfeeding was positively associated with maternal education and marital status but not with maternal age, gender or birth order. Breastfeeding frequency at 9, 12 and 24 months was 4.8, 4 and 3.7, respectively. The complementary food feeding frequency increased significantly with age (4.5, 4.7 and 5.9 times per day, respectively). All children at any age point consumed fruits, cereal and milk products. The proportion of children consuming meat and vegetables had increased with age but between ages 9 and 24 months, at least 23-38% children did not consume vegetables daily and 28-40% did not consume foods from meat/fish/poultry/eggs group daily. The proportion of children consuming milk and foods associated with the early complementary feeding period had fallen with age while the consumption of cereal foods other than porridge had increased. Values of indicators of adequate complementary feeding practices tentatively suggested in the context of WHO expert consultation had closely reflected breastfeeding rates. Conclusions: Breastfeeding duration is shorter than WHO recommends. It is influenced by maternal education and marital status. Compliance with complementary feeding recommendations is relatively good. Continued promotion of healthy infant and young child feeding practices is needed. Indicators evaluating complementary feeding practices should assess breastfeeding separately from other aspects.

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Food consumption and feeding patterns of Czech infants and toddlers living in Prague

Kudlová

Rameš

2006

Eur J Clin Nutr

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“…Other studies based on 24-hour recall were also conducted, for instance, the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey study. Such methods use dietary diversity scores (DDSs) to predict nutrient density and assume serving sizes to predict adequacy of complementary foods, 28 which may be subject to measurement errors and recall biases. 29 In addition, there are limited studies conducted that target population groups with characteristics of chronic food insecurity.…”

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Evaluation of energy, protein, and selected micronutrient density of homemade complementary foods consumed by children between 6 months and 23 months in food insecure woredas of Wolayita zone, Southern Ethiopia

Abeshu¹,

Adish²,

Haki³

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“…The feeding during the first days on the maternity ward is rarely taken into account when reporting the duration of exclusive breast-feeding (8,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) . There is a definite need to develop simple, valid and reliable tools to measure infant feeding including the feeding on the maternity ward (18) . The problem of measurement arises primarily because infant feeding practices encompass a series of age-specific, interrelated behaviours that are difficult to summarise into one or even a few variables.…”

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Determinants of breast-feeding in a Finnish birth cohort

Erkkola

Salmenhaara

Kronberg-Kippilä

et al. 2009

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To assess milk feeding on the maternity ward and during infancy, and their relationship to sociodemographic determinants. The validity of our 3-month questionnaire in measuring hospital feeding was assessed. Design: A prospective Finnish birth cohort with increased risk to type 1 diabetes recruited between 1996 and 2004. The families completed a follow-up form on the age at introduction of new foods and age-specific dietary questionnaires. Setting: Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) project, Finland. Subjects: A cohort of 5993 children (77 % of those invited) participated in the main study, and 117 randomly selected infants in the validation study. Results: Breast milk was the predominant milk on the maternity ward given to 99 % of the infants. Altogether, 80 % of the women recalled their child being fed supplementary milk (donated breast milk or infant formula) on the maternity ward. The median duration of exclusive breast-feeding was 1?4 months (range 0-8) and that of total breast-feeding 7?0 months (0-25). Additional milk feeding on the maternity ward, short parental education, maternal smoking during pregnancy, small gestational age and having no siblings were associated with a risk of short duration of both exclusive and total breast-feeding. In the validation study, 78 % of the milk types given on the maternity ward fell into the same category, according to the questionnaire and hospital records. Conclusions: The recommendations for infant feeding were not achieved. Infant feeding is strongly influenced by sociodemographic determinants and feeding practices on the maternity wards. Long-term breast-feeding may be supported by active promotion on the maternity ward.

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The Importance of Women's Status for Child Nutrition in Developing Countries

Cited by 411 publications

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Food consumption and feeding patterns of Czech infants and toddlers living in Prague

Food consumption and feeding patterns of Czech infants and toddlers living in Prague

Evaluation of energy, protein, and selected micronutrient density of homemade complementary foods consumed by children between 6 months and 23 months in food insecure woredas of Wolayita zone, Southern Ethiopia

Determinants of breast-feeding in a Finnish birth cohort

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