Early Feeding Factors and Eating Behaviors among Children Aged 1–3: A Cross-Sectional Study
Early nutrition plays a crucial role not only in providing essential nutrients for proper child development, but may also be an important step in creating desirable eating behaviors, which can be transmitted into adulthood. The aim of this study was to assess possible links between early feeding fac...
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| author | Daria Masztalerz-Kozubek Monika A. Zielinska-Pukos Jadwiga Hamulka |
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| description | Early nutrition plays a crucial role not only in providing essential nutrients for proper child development, but may also be an important step in creating desirable eating behaviors, which can be transmitted into adulthood. The aim of this study was to assess possible links between early feeding factors, such as breastfeeding, complementary feeding (timing and method) as well as types of complementary foods and mealtime environment during the first three months of complementary feeding and eating behaviors in children aged 1–3 years old. This cross-sectional, online survey involved 467 mothers of toddlers aged 1–3 years old from the whole of Poland. The questionnaire consisted of questions about early feeding and the Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). The adjusted linear regression model revealed that longer duration of any breastfeeding was negatively related to enjoyment of food (EF), desire to drink (DD) and positively related to satiety responsiveness (SR) and slowness in eating (SE) subscales. Moreover, offering homemade complementary foods more often than commercial may be related to higher SR. Eating meals during distraction seems to be negatively associated with EF, and positively with DD and SE subscales. Our study highlights possible links between early feeding factors and toddlers’ eating behaviors, so further investigation, also including dietary factors, is needed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f44f65061e049008f630a81984bc2942023-11-23T14:36:30ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432022-05-011411227910.3390/nu14112279Early Feeding Factors and Eating Behaviors among Children Aged 1–3: A Cross-Sectional StudyDaria Masztalerz-Kozubek0Monika A. Zielinska-Pukos1Jadwiga Hamulka2Department of Human Nutrition, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW-WULS), 02-776 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Human Nutrition, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW-WULS), 02-776 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Human Nutrition, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW-WULS), 02-776 Warsaw, PolandEarly nutrition plays a crucial role not only in providing essential nutrients for proper child development, but may also be an important step in creating desirable eating behaviors, which can be transmitted into adulthood. The aim of this study was to assess possible links between early feeding factors, such as breastfeeding, complementary feeding (timing and method) as well as types of complementary foods and mealtime environment during the first three months of complementary feeding and eating behaviors in children aged 1–3 years old. This cross-sectional, online survey involved 467 mothers of toddlers aged 1–3 years old from the whole of Poland. The questionnaire consisted of questions about early feeding and the Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). The adjusted linear regression model revealed that longer duration of any breastfeeding was negatively related to enjoyment of food (EF), desire to drink (DD) and positively related to satiety responsiveness (SR) and slowness in eating (SE) subscales. Moreover, offering homemade complementary foods more often than commercial may be related to higher SR. Eating meals during distraction seems to be negatively associated with EF, and positively with DD and SE subscales. Our study highlights possible links between early feeding factors and toddlers’ eating behaviors, so further investigation, also including dietary factors, is needed.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/11/2279breastfeedingcomplementary feedingcomplementary feeding methodcomplementary foodsmealtime environmenteating behaviors |
| spellingShingle | Daria Masztalerz-Kozubek Monika A. Zielinska-Pukos Jadwiga Hamulka Early Feeding Factors and Eating Behaviors among Children Aged 1–3: A Cross-Sectional Study Nutrients breastfeeding complementary feeding complementary feeding method complementary foods mealtime environment eating behaviors |
| title | Early Feeding Factors and Eating Behaviors among Children Aged 1–3: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Early Feeding Factors and Eating Behaviors among Children Aged 1–3: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Early Feeding Factors and Eating Behaviors among Children Aged 1–3: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Early Feeding Factors and Eating Behaviors among Children Aged 1–3: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Early Feeding Factors and Eating Behaviors among Children Aged 1–3: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | early feeding factors and eating behaviors among children aged 1 3 a cross sectional study |
| topic | breastfeeding complementary feeding complementary feeding method complementary foods mealtime environment eating behaviors |
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