Feeding and intellectual development in infants and children from Uygur, Kazak, and Han nationality: A comparison of 454 cases
- VernacularTitle:维吾尔族、哈萨克族、汉族婴幼儿喂养情况与儿童智能发育的调查:454名比较
- Author:
Maimaitiming TUERXUNJIANG
;
Yanping WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
2007;11(52):10710-10712
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Timely and scientific food supplement or fortified food could promote intellectual development.Xinjiang is located in the westem part of China where inhabited by minority nationalities.Ethnic minorities have their own unique lifestyle and dietary habits.Whether their unique ways will affect infant and child nutrition requires further study.OBJECTIVE:Through investigating the nutrition and intellectual development of 454 infants and children from Uygur,Han,Kazak nationality,to recognize the factors affecting intellectual development of children.DESIGN:Sample investigation.SETTING:Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene,College of Public Health,Xinjiang Medical University.PARTICIPANTS:Totally 454 infants and children from Tulufan,Urumqi and Hutubi where inhabited by Uygur,Han,Kazak nationality were enrolled in the investigation from May 2004 to April 2005 after obtaining their family members'agreement.METHODS:The method was that one card for one people in the 454 infants and children,and the questionnaires included linking index,the social factors related to intellectual development,prandium history,the kinds and timing of supplementary food added,the timing to add supplementary food and so on.Denver Developmental Screening Test was used to measure the intellectual ability.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The kinds and timing of supplementary food added,feeding patterns,mean score of intelligence in infants and children.RESULTS:Among the 454 included infants and children,12 were dropped out,because of unqualified data,so 442 were involved in the result analysis.①Adding supplementary food:Kazaks took milk product as dominant food,and meat.vegetables and fruits were added after one year old. Ugyurs took a little meat as main food,while the Hans took eggs and grains as dominant food.②Comparison of timing to add supplementary food:Mean timing to add supplementary food were 6.87, 5.40 and 8.17 months in Uygur,Han, Kazak nationality, respectively,and there were significant differences (F=14.62,P<0.01).③Intellectual development:The score of the three national infantile intellectual ability test was that:Hans>Uygurs>Kazaks,only when over 24 months year old Kazaks>Uygurs.There were significant differences (P<0.01).④Effect of different feeding ways and timing to add supplementary food on the development of intellectual ability:The earlier the timing to add supplementary food,the higher the score was (P<0.05).There was no significant difference in intelligent score of infants and children of different feeding ways (P>0.05).CONCLUSION:It is good for the development of intellectual ability that parents improve the lactating mother,infantile nutritional condition and add supplementary food(weaning food)in early age.
