Revised infant dietary recommendations: the impact of maternal education and other parental factors on adherence rates in Iceland.

To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Revised infant dietary recommendations from the Icelandic Nutrition Council (Nutrition: the first twelve months. Reykjavík, Iceland: The Icelandic Nutrition Council, 2003) are outli...

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Published in:Acta Paediatrica
Main Authors: Thorisdottir, Asa Vala, Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg, Thorsdottir, Inga
Other Authors: Univ Iceland, Sch Hlth Sci, Fac Food Sci & Nutr, Unit Nutr Res, Reykjavik, Iceland Landspitali, Reykjavik, Iceland
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
Subjects:
Animals
Body Mass Index
Breast Feeding
Diet
Diet Surveys
Educational Status
Female
Health Behavior
Humans
Iceland
Infant
Infant Care
Newborn
Male
Maternal Behavior
Milk
Nutrition Policy
Patient Compliance
Postnatal Care
Questionnaires
Socioeconomic Factors
Reykjavík
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/317340
https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.12081
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Summary:To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Revised infant dietary recommendations from the Icelandic Nutrition Council (Nutrition: the first twelve months. Reykjavík, Iceland: The Icelandic Nutrition Council, 2003) are outlined in a booklet provided during free postnatal care. These focus on increasing the duration of exclusive and total breastfeeding and reducing cow's milk consumption. This study explored whether maternal education and other parental factors affected whether mothers followed the recommendations. Mothers of randomly selected healthy infants (n = 200) completed questionnaires on body mass index (BMI), age, education (basic, medium and higher), household income, smoking and parental factors. Dietary data were collected during home visits by a researcher (0-4 months) and through monthly food records completed by parents or caregivers (5-12 months). Each maternal education level increased breastfeeding duration by 0.72 months (95% CI = 0.04, 1.39) and reduced cow's milk consumption by 36.7 mL/day (95% CI = -70.11, -3.03), when adjusted for maternal BMI, age, smoking and family income. Maternal education was not associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Duration of exclusive and total breastfeeding was inversely associated with maternal BMI, B = -0.10 (95% CI = -0.16, -0.05) and -0.13 (95% CI = -0.23, -0.03), respectively. Mothers with higher education appear to have adapted more easily to the revised recommendations on infant diet, particularly when their infants are 6-12 months old. Higher maternal BMI was associated with shorter duration of both exclusive and total breastfeeding. Icelandic Research Fund 050424031 Icelandic Research Fund for graduate students 080740008

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