Complementary feeding of Mexican infants and its relation to the nutritional status
Keywords:
Food, Growth, Infant, Milk, HumanAbstract
Background: Apropiate introduction to complementary feeding (CF) decreases the risk of nutritional diseases in infants; however there is a paucity of information about the characteristics of CF in mexican children.
Objective: To characterize the complementary feeding of Mexican infants and its relation to the nutritional status.
Methodology: Transversal, analytical and retrospective study in dyads that required medical care. We performed a nutritional evaluation of the infants and characterized the type of lactation, type and texture of initial solid foods and the subsequent feeding.
Results: Final sample consisted of 141 children in which, 59.6% reported that feeding was provided exclusively with formula and only 40% received breast milk. 14.1% of the infants showed low weight-for-height, 17.7% low weight-for-age, and 24.1% low height-for-age. We observed that 55.3% of the infants did not receive complementary feeding with appropriate texture; 58.9% did not receive the appropriate amount; and 44.7, 62.4% and 11.3% received inappropriate amounts of carbohydrates, proteins and fats respectively.
Conclusion: A high proportion of infants do not receive appropriate complementary feeding.
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