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Adherence to Child Feeding Practices and Child Growth: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in Cambodia

Appropriate feeding in the first 1000 days of a child’s life is critical for their health and growth. We determined associations between adherence to age-appropriate feeding practices and child growth in Cambodia. Children (n = 1079) were included in the first follow-up (FU) data analyses and follow...

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Autores principales: Som, Somphos Vicheth, Van Der Hoeven, Marinka, Laillou, Arnaud, Poirot, Etienne, Chan, Theary, Polman, Katja, Ponce, Maiza Campos, Wieringa, Frank T.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7823716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396559
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13010137
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author Som, Somphos Vicheth
Van Der Hoeven, Marinka
Laillou, Arnaud
Poirot, Etienne
Chan, Theary
Polman, Katja
Ponce, Maiza Campos
Wieringa, Frank T.
author_facet Som, Somphos Vicheth
Van Der Hoeven, Marinka
Laillou, Arnaud
Poirot, Etienne
Chan, Theary
Polman, Katja
Ponce, Maiza Campos
Wieringa, Frank T.
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description Appropriate feeding in the first 1000 days of a child’s life is critical for their health and growth. We determined associations between adherence to age-appropriate feeding practices and child growth in Cambodia. Children (n = 1079) were included in the first follow-up (FU) data analyses and followed for 30 months (six FUs). Data were analyzed by generalized linear mixed-effect models. Children who adhered to feeding practices on at least three FUs, with an adequate minimal dietary diversity (MDD), a minimal acceptable diet (MAD), and age-appropriate daily feeding (ADF) were less stunted (14.8%, 12.3%, and 6.4%, respectively) than children who never adhered to these indicators (25.2%, 30.1%, and 24.8%, respectively). A higher adherence to MDD and ADF was associated with a higher height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) (β: 0.13, 95% CI: 0.01–0.25 and β: 0.36, 95% CI: 0.22–0.50), while a higher adherence to the MDD and MAD was associated with a higher weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) (β: 0.19, 95% CI: 0.08–0.30; and β: 0.16, 95% CI: 0.05–0.27). A higher adherence to a minimum meal frequency (MMF) was associated with a lower HAZ (β: −0.99, 95% CI: −1.28–−0.70). Our findings showed that to reduce wasting and stunting in Cambodia, interventions should focus on improving both the quality and quantity of food intake of children under two while targeting the whole complementary feeding period.
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spelling pubmed-78237162021-01-24 Adherence to Child Feeding Practices and Child Growth: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in Cambodia Som, Somphos Vicheth Van Der Hoeven, Marinka Laillou, Arnaud Poirot, Etienne Chan, Theary Polman, Katja Ponce, Maiza Campos Wieringa, Frank T. Nutrients Article Appropriate feeding in the first 1000 days of a child’s life is critical for their health and growth. We determined associations between adherence to age-appropriate feeding practices and child growth in Cambodia. Children (n = 1079) were included in the first follow-up (FU) data analyses and followed for 30 months (six FUs). Data were analyzed by generalized linear mixed-effect models. Children who adhered to feeding practices on at least three FUs, with an adequate minimal dietary diversity (MDD), a minimal acceptable diet (MAD), and age-appropriate daily feeding (ADF) were less stunted (14.8%, 12.3%, and 6.4%, respectively) than children who never adhered to these indicators (25.2%, 30.1%, and 24.8%, respectively). A higher adherence to MDD and ADF was associated with a higher height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) (β: 0.13, 95% CI: 0.01–0.25 and β: 0.36, 95% CI: 0.22–0.50), while a higher adherence to the MDD and MAD was associated with a higher weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) (β: 0.19, 95% CI: 0.08–0.30; and β: 0.16, 95% CI: 0.05–0.27). A higher adherence to a minimum meal frequency (MMF) was associated with a lower HAZ (β: −0.99, 95% CI: −1.28–−0.70). Our findings showed that to reduce wasting and stunting in Cambodia, interventions should focus on improving both the quality and quantity of food intake of children under two while targeting the whole complementary feeding period. MDPI 2020-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7823716/ /pubmed/33396559 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13010137 Text en © 2020 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/).
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Van Der Hoeven, Marinka
Laillou, Arnaud
Poirot, Etienne
Chan, Theary
Polman, Katja
Ponce, Maiza Campos
Wieringa, Frank T.
Adherence to Child Feeding Practices and Child Growth: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in Cambodia
title Adherence to Child Feeding Practices and Child Growth: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in Cambodia
title_full Adherence to Child Feeding Practices and Child Growth: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in Cambodia
title_fullStr Adherence to Child Feeding Practices and Child Growth: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in Cambodia
title_full_unstemmed Adherence to Child Feeding Practices and Child Growth: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in Cambodia
title_short Adherence to Child Feeding Practices and Child Growth: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in Cambodia
title_sort adherence to child feeding practices and child growth: a retrospective cohort analysis in cambodia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7823716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396559
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13010137
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