Caregiver-infant's feeding behaviours are associated with energy intake of 9-11 month-old infants in rural Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Inappropriate complementary feeding, both in quantity and quality, is a major determinant of undernutrition. However, little is known about how infant-caregiver's feeding behaviours affect infants' energy intake. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize infant-caregiver feeding behaviours and investigate their association with infants' energy intake. The study involved 106 mother-child pairs recruited from seven randomly selected kebeles of Mecha district, West Gojam, Ethiopia. The feeding styles were assessed through observations of 1-day, in-home, feeding episodes that were videotaped and coded into self-feeding, responsive, active, distracting, and social feeding behaviours. Infants' haemoglobin and anthropometric measurements were taken. The association between feedin

SUBMITTER: Baye K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6866062 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature