[Evaluation of the feeding status of infants and young children under 2 years old in rural areas of Hubei province].
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi
; 48(8): 705-9, 2014 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the current feeding status of infants and young children under 2 years old in rural areas of Hubei province.METHODS:
The study was conducted by cluster random sampling from September 2009 to march 2010. The data on breastfeeding and complementary food supplement of the 1 197 infants and young children aged 0-23 months in 8 counties of Hubei province were collected through questionnaires. The feeding status was analyzed according to the WHO 2008 edition of Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices.RESULTS:
A total of 1 197 children aged 0-23 months were investigated. The rate of ever breastfeeding of children aged 0-23 months reached up to 93.9% (1 124/1 197), while the percentage of early initiation of breastfeeding was only 22.0% (263/1 197). The rates of exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months, continued breastfeeding for 1 year, and continued breastfeeding for 2 years were 72.1% (277/384), 17.0% (26/153) and 4.9% (7/144), respectively. The median time of giving complementary food was the 6th month and the weaning time was the 9th month. The rate of complementary food supplemented from 6th-8th month in time was 61.8% (444/718) . The rates of minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency, minimum acceptable diet, and consumption of iron-rich or iron-fortified foods among children aged 6-23 months were 61.7% (502/813), 81.5% (663/813), 54.4% (442/813) and 50.1% (407/813), respectively.CONCLUSION:
Late initiation of breastfeeding, non-continued breastfeeding, giving complementary food too early or too late, inadequate category and frequency of complementary food, and the low rate of consumption of iron-rich or iron-fortified foods were the main issues to be concerned on infant feeding in rural areas of Hubei province.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aleitamento Materno
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Inquéritos sobre Dietas
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Alimentos Infantis
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China