Current feeding practices and maternal nutritional knowledge on complementary feeding in Korea / 소아과
Korean Journal of Pediatrics
;
: 1090-1102, 2009.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-123594
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate current feeding practices and maternal nutritional knowledge on complementary feeding.METHODS:
Mothers of babies aged 9-15 months who visited pediatric clinics of 14 general hospitals between September and December 2008 were asked to fill questionnaires. Data from 1,078 questionnaires were analyzed.RESULTS:
Complementary food was introduced at 4-7 months in 89% of babies. Home-made rice gruel was the first complementary food in 93% cases. Spoons were used for initial feeding in 97% cases. At 6-7 months, <50% of babies were fed meat (beef, 43%). Less than 12-month-old babies were fed salty foods such as salted laver (35%) or bean-paste soup (51%) and cow's milk (11%). The following were the maternal sources of information on complementary feeding books/magazines (58%), friends (30%), internet web sites (29%), relatives (14%), and hospitals (4%). Compared to the 1993 survey, the incidence of complementary food introduction before 4 months (0.4% vs. 21%) and initial use of commercial food (7% vs. 39%) had decreased. Moreover, spoons were increasingly used for initial feeding (97% vs. 57%). The average maternal nutritional knowledge score was 7.5/10. Less percentage of mothers agreed with the following suggestions bottle formula weaning before 15-18 months (68%), no commercial baby drinks as complementary food (67%), considering formula (or cow's milk) better than soy milk (65%), and feeding minced meat from 6-7 months (57%).CONCLUSION:
Complementary feeding practices have considerably improved since the last decade. Pediatricians should advise timely introduction of appropriate complementary foods and monitor diverse information sources on complementary feeding.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Organothiophosphorus Compounds
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Weaning
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Incidence
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Internet
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Friends
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Soy Milk
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Milk
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Hospitals, General
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Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Infant
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Pediatrics
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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