Jean-Pierre Chouraqui1, Gabriel Tavoularis2, Yves Emery3, Aurée Francou2, Pascale Hébel2, Magali Bocquet4, Régis Hankard5, Dominique Turck6. 1. 1Paediatric Nutrition and Gastroenterology,Medical and Surgical Department of Paediatrics,Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois,21 rue du Bugnon,1011 Lausanne,Switzerland. 2. 2CREDOC (Centre de Recherche pour l'Etude et l'Observation des Conditions de Vie),Paris,France. 3. 3TNS Sofres,Montrouge,France. 4. 4SFAE (Secteur Français des Aliments de l'Enfance),Paris,France. 5. 5INSERM UMR1069 'nutrition,croissance, cancer',Université F. Rabelais,Tours,France. 6. 7Université de Lille et INSERM U995,Lille,France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To update the data on food consumption and practices in children under 3 years of age in metropolitan France. DESIGN: The Nutri-Bébé 2013 cross-sectional study selected a random sample, according to the quota sampling method. After giving their informed consent, parents had to record the food consumption during three non-consecutive days framed by two face-to-face interviews, using for quantitative information different portion size measurement aids. RESULTS: One thousand one hundred and eighty-four children were enrolled. Mothers' mean age was 30·8 (sd 5·4) years; 38 % were primiparous; 89 % lived with a partner; 60 % had an occupation. Of the infants younger than 4 months, 31 % were breast-fed. One thousand and thirty-five children consumed infant formula followed by growing-up milk in 63 % of them; solid foods were introduced at a mean age of 5·4 (sd 2·13) months. From 8 months onwards, 25 % of children consumed the same foods as their parents on a more or less regular basis; 29 % ate in front of a screen, with a daily average screen time of 43·0 (sd 40·4) min. CONCLUSIONS: This robust survey highlights the low prevalence and duration of breast-feeding in France and shows a modest improvement since the previous survey of 2005 in the observance of recommendations concerning other feeding practices. The frequent consumption of adult foods and the screen time are of concern.
OBJECTIVE: To update the data on food consumption and practices in children under 3 years of age in metropolitan France. DESIGN: The Nutri-Bébé 2013 cross-sectional study selected a random sample, according to the quota sampling method. After giving their informed consent, parents had to record the food consumption during three non-consecutive days framed by two face-to-face interviews, using for quantitative information different portion size measurement aids. RESULTS: One thousand one hundred and eighty-four children were enrolled. Mothers' mean age was 30·8 (sd 5·4) years; 38 % were primiparous; 89 % lived with a partner; 60 % had an occupation. Of the infants younger than 4 months, 31 % were breast-fed. One thousand and thirty-five children consumed infant formula followed by growing-up milk in 63 % of them; solid foods were introduced at a mean age of 5·4 (sd 2·13) months. From 8 months onwards, 25 % of children consumed the same foods as their parents on a more or less regular basis; 29 % ate in front of a screen, with a daily average screen time of 43·0 (sd 40·4) min. CONCLUSIONS: This robust survey highlights the low prevalence and duration of breast-feeding in France and shows a modest improvement since the previous survey of 2005 in the observance of recommendations concerning other feeding practices. The frequent consumption of adult foods and the screen time are of concern.