Infant feeding bottle design, growth and behaviour: results from a randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether the design of an anti-vacuum infant feeding bottle influences infant milk intake, growth or behavior is unknown, and was the subject of this randomized trial.

Methods

Subjects

63 (36 male) healthy, exclusively formula-fed term infants.

Intervention

Randomisation to use Bottle A (n = 31), one-way air valve: Philips Avent) versus Bottle B (n = 32), internal venting system: Dr Browns). 74 breast-fed reference infants were recruited, with randomisation (n = 24) to bottle A (n = 11) or B (n = 13) if bottle-feeding was subsequently introduced. Randomisation: stratified by gender and parity; computer-based telephone randomisation by independent clinical trials unit.

Setting

Infant home.

Primary outcome measure

infant weight gain to 4

SUBMITTER: Fewtrell MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3328286 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature