Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study
The optimal introduction of complementary foods provides infants with nutritionally balanced diets and establishes healthy eating habits. The documentation of infant feeding practices in multi-ethnic Asian populations is limited. In a Singapore cohort study (GUSTO), 842 mother-infant dyads were inte...
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| author | Toh, Jia Ying Han, Wee Meng Lee, Yung Seng Rebello, Salome A. Godfrey, Keith M. Chong, Mary Foong-Fong Yip, Grace Fok, Doris Low, Yen-Ling Saw, Seang-Mei Kwek, Kenneth Chong, Yap-Seng |
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| description | The optimal introduction of complementary foods provides infants with nutritionally balanced diets and establishes healthy eating habits. The documentation of infant feeding practices in multi-ethnic Asian populations is limited. In a Singapore cohort study (GUSTO), 842 mother-infant dyads were interviewed regarding their feeding practices when the infants were aged 9 and 12 months. In the first year, 20.5% of infants were given dietary supplements, while 5.7% took probiotics and 15.7% homeopathic preparations. At age 9 months, 45.8% of infants had seasonings added to their foods, increasing to 56.3% at 12 months. At age 12 months, 32.7% of infants were given blended food, although 92.3% had begun some form of self-feeding. Additionally, 87.4% of infants were fed milk via a bottle, while a third of them had food items added into their bottles. At both time points, more than a third of infants were provided sweetened drinks via the bottle. Infants of Indian ethnicity were more likely to be given dietary supplements, have oil and seasonings added to their foods and consumed sweetened drinks from the bottle (p < 0.001). These findings provide a better understanding of variations in infant feeding practices, so that healthcare professionals can offer more targeted and culturally-appropriate advice. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/815012023-02-28T16:58:50Z Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study Toh, Jia Ying Han, Wee Meng Lee, Yung Seng Rebello, Salome A. Godfrey, Keith M. Chong, Mary Foong-Fong Yip, Grace Fok, Doris Low, Yen-Ling Saw, Seang-Mei Kwek, Kenneth Chong, Yap-Seng School of Biological Sciences Infant Feeding practices Asian GUSTO The optimal introduction of complementary foods provides infants with nutritionally balanced diets and establishes healthy eating habits. The documentation of infant feeding practices in multi-ethnic Asian populations is limited. In a Singapore cohort study (GUSTO), 842 mother-infant dyads were interviewed regarding their feeding practices when the infants were aged 9 and 12 months. In the first year, 20.5% of infants were given dietary supplements, while 5.7% took probiotics and 15.7% homeopathic preparations. At age 9 months, 45.8% of infants had seasonings added to their foods, increasing to 56.3% at 12 months. At age 12 months, 32.7% of infants were given blended food, although 92.3% had begun some form of self-feeding. Additionally, 87.4% of infants were fed milk via a bottle, while a third of them had food items added into their bottles. At both time points, more than a third of infants were provided sweetened drinks via the bottle. Infants of Indian ethnicity were more likely to be given dietary supplements, have oil and seasonings added to their foods and consumed sweetened drinks from the bottle (p < 0.001). These findings provide a better understanding of variations in infant feeding practices, so that healthcare professionals can offer more targeted and culturally-appropriate advice. NMRC (Natl Medical Research Council, S’pore) Published version 2016-06-27T09:09:47Z 2019-12-06T14:32:24Z 2016-06-27T09:09:47Z 2019-12-06T14:32:24Z 2016 Journal Article Toh, J. Y., Yip, G., Han, W. M., Fok, D., Low, Y.-L., Lee, Y. S., et al. (2016). Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study. Nutrients, 8, 293-. 2072-6643 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81501 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40811 10.3390/nu8050293 27187461 en Nutrients © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 17 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Infant Feeding practices Asian GUSTO Toh, Jia Ying Han, Wee Meng Lee, Yung Seng Rebello, Salome A. Godfrey, Keith M. Chong, Mary Foong-Fong Yip, Grace Fok, Doris Low, Yen-Ling Saw, Seang-Mei Kwek, Kenneth Chong, Yap-Seng Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study |
| title | Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study |
| title_full | Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study |
| title_fullStr | Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study |
| title_short | Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study |
| title_sort | infant feeding practices in a multi ethnic asian cohort the gusto study |
| topic | Infant Feeding practices Asian GUSTO |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81501 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40811 |
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