Effect of a Baby-Led Approach to Complementary Feeding on Infant Growth and Overweight: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Baby-led approaches to complementary feeding, which promote self-feeding of all nonliquid foods are proposed to improve energy self-regulation and lower obesity risk. However, to date, no randomized clinical trials have studied this proposition.

Objective

To determine whether a baby-led approach to complementary feeding results in a lower body mass index (BMI) than traditional spoon-feeding.

Design, setting, and participants

The 2-year Baby-Led Introduction to Solids (BLISS) randomized clinical trial recruited 206 women (168 [81.6%] of European ancestry; 85 [41.3%] primiparous) in late pregnancy from December 19, 2012, through March 17, 2014, as part of a community intervention in Dunedin, New Zealand. Women were randomized to a control condition (n = 101)

SUBMITTER: Taylor RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710413 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature