Socio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective survey
Abstract Background From 6 months of age, children need, in addition to breast milk, a complementary food whose nutritional composition meets their needs. However, low consumption of child-specific foods in favor of adult foods has been documented. Thus, the lack of adaptation of children to family...
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| author | Sanogo Bougma François Tapsoba Judith Nomwendé Semporé Sibiri Bougma Prudence Dounia Laurencia Toulsoumdé Songré-Ouattara Aly Savadogo |
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| description | Abstract Background From 6 months of age, children need, in addition to breast milk, a complementary food whose nutritional composition meets their needs. However, low consumption of child-specific foods in favor of adult foods has been documented. Thus, the lack of adaptation of children to family feeding conditions has been the source of frequent malnutrition in some low-income countries. In Burkina Faso, little data is available on family-type food consumption by children. The objective was to describe the socio-cultural influences on feeding habits and food consumption frequencies of infants aged 6–23 months in Ouagadougou. Methods The study was conducted from March to June 2022 using a structured questionnaire. A reminder of the previous 24 h’ meals was used to assess 618 children's food consumption. Mother–child pairs were selected using the simple random sampling method, and data collection was done by the interview method. Sphinx V5, IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0 and XLSTAT 2016 software were used to process data. Results Influences between the consumption of certain foods and the mother’s social status were observed. The most consumed foods are simple porridges (67.48%), Tô/rice (65.70%), cookies and cakes (62.94%), juices and sweetened drinks (62.94%). Cowpeas (17.31%), improved porridge (13.92%) and eggs (6.63%) are the least consumed. The most meals frequency was three meals daily (33.98%), and children with the minimum daily meal frequency were 86.41%. Principal component analysis showed that the mother's social status influenced the consumption of imported infant flours, fish soups, fruits, juices and sweetened drinks, cookies and cakes, simple porridge, and tô/rice. Concerning the consumption of local infant porridges, 55.72% of the children who consumed them appreciated positively. However, for 57.75% of the parents, the lack of information limits the consumption rate of this type of flour. Conclusion High consumption of family-type meals was observed and was influenced by parental social status. In addition, the rate of acceptable meal frequencies was generally high. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9a111ca49fe48c287b42f8726d68f092023-03-22T10:39:08ZengBMCBMC Nutrition2055-09282023-03-019111010.1186/s40795-023-00698-wSocio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective surveySanogo Bougma0François Tapsoba1Judith Nomwendé Semporé2Sibiri Bougma3Prudence Dounia4Laurencia Toulsoumdé Songré-Ouattara5Aly Savadogo6Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry and Immunology (LaBIA)/Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University Joseph KI-ZERBOLaboratory of Applied Biochemistry and Immunology (LaBIA)/Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University Joseph KI-ZERBOLaboratory of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Food Technology and Nutrition (LABIOTAN)/Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University Joseph KI-ZERBOLaboratory of Applied Biochemistry and Immunology (LaBIA)/Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University Joseph KI-ZERBOLaboratory of Applied Biochemistry and Immunology (LaBIA)/Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University Joseph KI-ZERBODepartment of Food Technology (DTA)/Research Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (IRSAT)Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry and Immunology (LaBIA)/Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University Joseph KI-ZERBOAbstract Background From 6 months of age, children need, in addition to breast milk, a complementary food whose nutritional composition meets their needs. However, low consumption of child-specific foods in favor of adult foods has been documented. Thus, the lack of adaptation of children to family feeding conditions has been the source of frequent malnutrition in some low-income countries. In Burkina Faso, little data is available on family-type food consumption by children. The objective was to describe the socio-cultural influences on feeding habits and food consumption frequencies of infants aged 6–23 months in Ouagadougou. Methods The study was conducted from March to June 2022 using a structured questionnaire. A reminder of the previous 24 h’ meals was used to assess 618 children's food consumption. Mother–child pairs were selected using the simple random sampling method, and data collection was done by the interview method. Sphinx V5, IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0 and XLSTAT 2016 software were used to process data. Results Influences between the consumption of certain foods and the mother’s social status were observed. The most consumed foods are simple porridges (67.48%), Tô/rice (65.70%), cookies and cakes (62.94%), juices and sweetened drinks (62.94%). Cowpeas (17.31%), improved porridge (13.92%) and eggs (6.63%) are the least consumed. The most meals frequency was three meals daily (33.98%), and children with the minimum daily meal frequency were 86.41%. Principal component analysis showed that the mother's social status influenced the consumption of imported infant flours, fish soups, fruits, juices and sweetened drinks, cookies and cakes, simple porridge, and tô/rice. Concerning the consumption of local infant porridges, 55.72% of the children who consumed them appreciated positively. However, for 57.75% of the parents, the lack of information limits the consumption rate of this type of flour. Conclusion High consumption of family-type meals was observed and was influenced by parental social status. In addition, the rate of acceptable meal frequencies was generally high.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-023-00698-wMeal frequencyBreastfeeding modeFamily mealsSocial statusOuagadougou |
| spellingShingle | Sanogo Bougma François Tapsoba Judith Nomwendé Semporé Sibiri Bougma Prudence Dounia Laurencia Toulsoumdé Songré-Ouattara Aly Savadogo Socio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective survey BMC Nutrition Meal frequency Breastfeeding mode Family meals Social status Ouagadougou |
| title | Socio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective survey |
| title_full | Socio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective survey |
| title_fullStr | Socio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective survey |
| title_short | Socio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective survey |
| title_sort | socio cultural influences on children s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in ouagadougou burkina faso a retrospective survey |
| topic | Meal frequency Breastfeeding mode Family meals Social status Ouagadougou |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-023-00698-w |
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