Journal article
Association between exclusive breastfeeding duration and the quality of complementary feeding at 12 months of age
Adolescência & saúde, Vol.20(1), pp.3-10
2025
Abstract
Objective: To assess the association between exclusive breastfeeding duration and the quality of complementary feeding at 12 months of age.
Methods: This cohort study was nested in a randomized clinical trial designed to assess the effect of a pro-breastfeeding, pro-healthy complementary feeding intervention aimed at adolescent mothers and maternal grandmothers on the prevalence of breastfeeding and the intake of a healthy diet in the first year of life. Data on infant feeding in the first year of life were obtained monthly in the first 6 months and bimonthly thereafter up to 12 months via telephone interviews with the caretaker or home visits. A healthy, diverse diet was defined as the intake of fruits/vegetables, meat, beans, and cereals/tubers at least four times weekly and a low consumption (once weekly maximum) of foods rich in fat, salt, and sugar. The association between exclusive breastfeeding duration, expressed in absolute values, and intake of a healthy, diverse diet was tested using Poisson regression analysis.
Results: The likelihood of the infant being on a healthy, diverse diet at 12 months of age increased by 28% for each additional month of exclusive breastfeeding (relative risk [RR] 1.28; 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 1.19-1.38).
Conclusions: This study reinforces the hypothesis of a positive association between
the longer duration of exclusive breastfeeding and the intake of a healthier diet in infant
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Association between exclusive breastfeeding duration and the quality of complementary feeding at 12 months of age
- Creators
- Leandro Meirelles Nunes - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulAdrianne Rahde Bischoff - University of IowaElsa Regina Justo Giugliani - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Adolescência & saúde, Vol.20(1), pp.3-10
- ISSN
- 1679-9941
- eISSN
- 2177-5281
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2025
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neonatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984827329602771
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