Infant Feeding Varies Across Eating Behavior and Feeding Modalities in Mothers With Low Income.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine if eating behaviors in mothers with low income relate to attitudes toward infant feeding and whether associations differed between breastfeeding and formula-feeding mothers.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Participants

Forty postpartum women (aged ≥ 18 years, body mass index ≥ 25 and < 40 kg/m²) in the Louisiana Women, Infants, and Children program participated in a telehealth postpartum intervention for health and weight loss.

Main outcome measure(s)

Maternal eating behaviors and infant feeding styles, assessed 6-8 weeks after birth (baseline) using validated questionnaires.

Analysis

Significance was detected using independent t tests, chi-square tests for independence, or linear models (P < 0.05).

SUBMITTER: Kebbe M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9464659 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature