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EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2014; 20 (7): 409-415
en Inglés | IMEMR | ID: emr-159170

RESUMEN

To explore the possible determinants of duration of breastfeeding in Kuwait, 234 mothers completed a questionnaire concerning the feeding of their youngest infant. The questionnaire addressed the factors that contributed to their willingness to continue breastfeeding and enquired about the factors leading to their decision to end it. Only 26.5% of the mothers had continued breastfeeding for 6 months or more. Separate family housing, higher maternal age, late initiation of breastfeeding, being employed without the feasibility to breastfeed at work, breastfeeding information given after rather than before birth, and maternal and infant sickness were all significant contributors influencing early cessation. Father's support was a significant factor that encouraged the practice. In conclusion, preventive strategies are recommended for boosting breastfeeding, with special emphasis on the factors linked to early cessation, aiming at full implementation of the WHO global public health recommendations for successful breastfeeding in Kuwait


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Humanos , Femenino , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Lactante
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EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2014; 20 (11): 738-744
en Inglés | IMEMR | ID: emr-159277

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High consumption of soft drinks has been associated with lower intakes of milk and calcium-rich foods and higher body mass index [BMI]. This study aimed to explore the pattern of beverage intake among Kuwaiti high-school students. A questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning beverages and milk and dairy products intake was completed by 190 Kuwaiti students aged 16-18 years and BMI was calculated for 181 of them. Intake of sweetened carbonated beverages and to a lesser extent packaged fruit juices affected the sufficiency of milk and dairy products intake among the sample of high-school students in Kuwait. Although BMI was not related to milk and dairy insufficiency, more of the overweight and obese students displayed incorrect practices. Nutritional education of high-school students on the importance of milk and dairy products as well as the hazards of excess sweetened carbonated beverages and packaged juice is recommended to prevent the obesity epidemic prevaiting in Kwait


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Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Leche , Productos Lácteos , Estudiantes , Instituciones Académicas , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Índice de Masa Corporal , Bebidas Gaseosas
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KMJ-Kuwait Medical Journal. 2013; 45 (2): 118-122
en Inglés | IMEMR | ID: emr-171959

RESUMEN

Nutritional inadequacy in high school girls is detrimental as they are the future mothers who will need to cope with nutritional, physical and emotional demands of pregnancy, childbirth and lactation. This study was undertaken to study nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice of adolescent school girls in Kuwait. Prospective study. A governmental high school in Kuwait. Seventy-two school girls aged 15 to 17 years and 12 school teachers were enrolled. A dietary questionnaire on nutritional knowledge, food habits, eating behavior with food frequency sheet was used along with anthropometric measurements. Nutrition knowledge and its source as well as attitudes and practices of subjects. Family was the primary source of knowledge for 45.83% compared to 18.06% school girls who chose the internet. The studied girls showed significantly lower knowledge about different nutrients and nutrients' function compared to their teachers. This deficient knowledge affected the girls' food frequency sheets and limited their choices. Their lifestyle was less than satisfactory in the majority where they preferred sedentary activities. Fortunately, only 15.27% of the studied girls were overweight, 4.17% obese and 2.78% morbidly obese. Although there is an insignificant effect of deficient nutritional knowledge and dietary behavior of the studied high school girls on their physical growth, this deficient nutritional knowledge is likely to have a negative impact on their nutritional status as future mothers. We thus recommend that nutritional education programs should be incorporated within the curriculum intended for school girls in Kuwait


Asunto(s)
Adolescente , Femenino , Humanos , Fenómenos Fisiológicos de la Nutrición , Instituciones Académicas , Adolescente , Estudios Prospectivos , Obesidad , Proyectos Piloto
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