Nutrient intakes in an Italian population of infants during the complementary feeding period.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the nutrient intakes of an Italian cohort of infants at 6, 9 and 12 months of age.

Design

Dietary data were collected using a food diary at three follow-ups (6, 9 and 12 months of age of infants). The infants' dietary data were used to estimate nutrient intakes using the Italian food composition database integrated with data from nutritional labels and the literature. The mean and standard deviation, median and interquartile range, minimum and maximum, and 5th, 25th, 75th and 95th percentiles were calculated for the daily intake of twenty-eight nutrients, with sex differences evaluated using parametric/non-parametric statistical methods.

Setting

A prospective population-based birth cohort.SubjectInfants (n 400) living in the urban area of Trieste

SUBMITTER: Concina F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6190068 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature