OBJECTIVE: To assess the most important sociodemographic determinants of age at introduction of complementary foods in infancy. DESIGN: A prospective birth cohort with increased risk of type 1 diabetes, recruited between 1996 and 2004. The families completed at home a follow-up form on the age at introduction of new foods and, for each clinic visit, a structured dietary questionnaire with 3 d food records. SETTING: Data from the Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) Project, Finland. SUBJECTS: A cohort of 5991 infants (77 % of those invited) belonging to the DIPP Nutrition Study. RESULTS: Sixty-three per cent of the infants were introduced to complementary foods, including infant formula, before the age of 4 months. The median age at introduction of infant formula was 1·5 months (range 0-18 months) and that of the first other complementary food 3·5 months (range 0·7-8 months). All sociodemographic and lifestyle factors studied were associated with the age at introduction of infant formula and/or first other complementary food. Female sex of the infant, being born in the southern region of Finland, living in a rural municipality, the presence of siblings, the mother or the father being a high-school graduate, high maternal professional education and maternal non-smoking during pregnancy predicted later introduction of complementary foods. CONCLUSIONS: Compliance was relatively poor with the current recommendations for the age of introducing complementary foods. Small-sized young families with less well-educated parents were most prone to introduce complementary foods early.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the most important sociodemographic determinants of age at introduction of complementary foods in infancy. DESIGN: A prospective birth cohort with increased risk of type 1 diabetes, recruited between 1996 and 2004. The families completed at home a follow-up form on the age at introduction of new foods and, for each clinic visit, a structured dietary questionnaire with 3 d food records. SETTING: Data from the Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) Project, Finland. SUBJECTS: A cohort of 5991 infants (77 % of those invited) belonging to the DIPP Nutrition Study. RESULTS: Sixty-three per cent of the infants were introduced to complementary foods, including infant formula, before the age of 4 months. The median age at introduction of infant formula was 1·5 months (range 0-18 months) and that of the first other complementary food 3·5 months (range 0·7-8 months). All sociodemographic and lifestyle factors studied were associated with the age at introduction of infant formula and/or first other complementary food. Female sex of the infant, being born in the southern region of Finland, living in a rural municipality, the presence of siblings, the mother or the father being a high-school graduate, high maternal professional education and maternal non-smoking during pregnancy predicted later introduction of complementary foods. CONCLUSIONS: Compliance was relatively poor with the current recommendations for the age of introducing complementary foods. Small-sized young families with less well-educated parents were most prone to introduce complementary foods early.
Authors: A Betoko; M-A Charles; R Hankard; A Forhan; M Bonet; M-J Saurel-Cubizolles; B Heude; B de Lauzon-Guillain Journal: Eur J Clin Nutr Date: 2013-01-09 Impact factor: 4.016
Authors: Anita M Nucci; Suvi M Virtanen; Susa Sorkio; Sonja Bärlund; David Cuthbertson; Ulla Uusitalo; Margaret L Lawson; Marja Salonen; Carol L Berseth; Anne Ormisson; Eveliina Lehtonen; Erkki Savilahti; Dorothy J Becker; John Dupré; Jeffrey P Krischer; Mikael Knip; Hans K Åkerblom Journal: Matern Child Nutr Date: 2016-10-07 Impact factor: 3.092