Prevalence of Complementary Feeding Indicators and Associated Factors Among 6- to 23-Month Breastfed Infants and Young Children in Poor Rural Areas of China

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22069990
AutoresJing Liu (0000-0002-0965-0320, Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention), Junsheng Huo (0000-0002-9643-1897, Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention, autor de correspondencia), Jing Sun (0000-0003-0850-322X, Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention), Jian Huang (0000-0001-9883-4940, Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention), Weiyi Gong (0000-0002-5513-7608, Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention), Ou Wang (0000-0002-7976-3232, Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention)
Año2021
Volumen9
Páginas691894-691894
Fecha de publicación2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2021.691894
PMID34660508
OpenAlexW3202663077
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas19

This study aimed to estimate the status of complementary feeding (CF) and its associated factors among 6–23-month breastfed infants and young children (IYC). We used secondary data from the China Nutrition Improvement Project on Children in Poor Areas in 2018. The status of CF was provided by parents of IYC through 24-h dietary recall. The study included 13,972 6–23-month-old breastfed IYC comprising 24.7% 6–8-month, 28.5% 9–11-month, 31.4% 12–17-month, and 18–23-month IYC. The highest percentage of IYC introduced to cereal foods was 84.8%. Nearly, 83.6% of 6–8-month infants were introduced to solid or semi-solid food. The prevalence of meeting requirements of non-dairy animal source food and minimum acceptable diet (MAD) was 75.3 and 35.1% of 6–23-month IYC, respectively, and was significantly higher in older than younger IYC ( p < 0.001). Age of IYC, education level of parents, paternal employment, and nutrition knowledge of parents were positively associated factors for the prevalence of meeting requirements of MAD, and diarrhea at 2 weeks and maternal employment were negatively associated with MAD. Totally, the prevalence of meeting the requirements of MAD was relatively lower in breastfed IYC. The government should scale up appropriate CF with consideration of food availability

Breast feeding · Breastfeeding · Diarrhea · Environmental health · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Medicine · Pediatrics