Lactating Mothers’ Dietary Energy Density and Infants’ Growth
Background: Great interests have been drawn to the quality of diet. Dietary energy density is a good indicator of diet quality. In spite of the comprehensive concept of energy density rather than energy intake, no studies have evaluated the dietary energy density of lactating mothers. The purpose of...
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| author | Maedeh Moradi Mohammad Reza Maracy Ahmad Esmaeilzadeh Leila Azadbakht |
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| description | Background: Great interests have been drawn to the quality of diet. Dietary energy density is a good indicator of diet quality. In spite of the comprehensive concept of energy density rather than energy intake, no studies have evaluated the dietary energy density of lactating mothers. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the association between dietary energy density and infants’ growth.
Methods: Dietary intake data were collected from 300 lactating mothers through the 168-item food frequency questionnaire. Data on physical activity were reported by participant’s responding International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). The anthropometric features were taken from the health records in health centers.
Findings: Infants’ weight, height, head circumference, and weight for height at birth, and 2 and 4 months later were not significantly different within any of 4 categories of energy density.
Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that there is no association between quartiles of mothers’ dietary energy density and infants’ weight, length, weight for length, and head circumference growth by the age of 2 and 4 months. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-259ff8cfa16d47f2b98e82983d67a8cc2023-09-02T10:43:56ZfasIsfahan University of Medical Sciencesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان1027-75951735-854X2017-05-01354253933992500Lactating Mothers’ Dietary Energy Density and Infants’ GrowthMaedeh Moradi0Mohammad Reza Maracy1Ahmad Esmaeilzadeh2Leila Azadbakht3MSc Student, Food Security Research Center AND Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranProfessor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranProfessor, Food Security Research Center AND Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan AND Obesity and Eating Habits Research Center, Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranProfessor, Food Security Research Center AND Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan AND Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBackground: Great interests have been drawn to the quality of diet. Dietary energy density is a good indicator of diet quality. In spite of the comprehensive concept of energy density rather than energy intake, no studies have evaluated the dietary energy density of lactating mothers. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the association between dietary energy density and infants’ growth. Methods: Dietary intake data were collected from 300 lactating mothers through the 168-item food frequency questionnaire. Data on physical activity were reported by participant’s responding International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). The anthropometric features were taken from the health records in health centers. Findings: Infants’ weight, height, head circumference, and weight for height at birth, and 2 and 4 months later were not significantly different within any of 4 categories of energy density. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that there is no association between quartiles of mothers’ dietary energy density and infants’ weight, length, weight for length, and head circumference growth by the age of 2 and 4 months.http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/7569MothersBreastfeedingInfantsInfant development |
| spellingShingle | Maedeh Moradi Mohammad Reza Maracy Ahmad Esmaeilzadeh Leila Azadbakht Lactating Mothers’ Dietary Energy Density and Infants’ Growth مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان Mothers Breastfeeding Infants Infant development |
| title | Lactating Mothers’ Dietary Energy Density and Infants’ Growth |
| title_full | Lactating Mothers’ Dietary Energy Density and Infants’ Growth |
| title_fullStr | Lactating Mothers’ Dietary Energy Density and Infants’ Growth |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lactating Mothers’ Dietary Energy Density and Infants’ Growth |
| title_short | Lactating Mothers’ Dietary Energy Density and Infants’ Growth |
| title_sort | lactating mothers dietary energy density and infants growth |
| topic | Mothers Breastfeeding Infants Infant development |
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