Survey on inappropriate feeding behavior in parents of infant and toddlers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2014.10.022
- VernacularTitle:婴幼儿不适宜喂养行为调查分析
- Author:
Chunhua JIN
;
Xiaoyan WANG
;
Yue ZHANG
;
Mei LI
;
Ruihua YANG
;
Lei DU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Infant;
Feeding behavior
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2014;13(10):853-855
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
An investigation of inappropriate feeding behavior and its impact was conducted in patents of 875 infants and toddlers aged 1-24 months from March 2004 to February 2008.The survey revealed that inappropriate feeding behavior included feeding sugar solution or sweet fruits daily in 72.1% parents (631/875) ; adding yolk as the first supplementary food in 51.3% (394/768) ; not allowing handgrabbing food or coarse food for infants over 7 months in 50.4% (270/536) and 44.0% (236/536) ; no meat eating for infants over 12 months in 36.0% (54/150).And also revealed that 34.0% (270/795) and 24.8% (184/743) parents mixed rice flour or yolk with formula milk,respectively; 17.6% (48/273) infant over 10 months only had cereal; insufficient or excessive water were used for reconstituting milk powder in 11.8% (87/735) and 9.3% (68/735),respectively.The results of investigation indicate that inappropriate feeding behavior among infants and toddlers are quite common and the reasons are various.