Development of Feeding Cues During Infancy and Toddlerhood.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To enhance responsive feeding, this study aimed to characterize the development of feeding cues during infancy and toddlerhood.

Study design and methods

A secondary analysis was performed on a dataset of first-time, low-income African American mother-infant pairs assessed at infant age 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months. A subsample with the 15 highest, middle, and lowest infant body mass index (BMI) Z-scores at 18 months was selected (n = 45). Using video-recorded home feedings, early, active, and late receptiveness and fullness cues were assessed using the Responsiveness to Child Feeding Cues Scale at each time point. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize development.

Results

Early receptiveness cues were relatively rare over time, whereas active receptiv

SUBMITTER: Hodges EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5057392 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul/Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature