Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the inuence of feeding practices, maternal dietary habits and maternal body mass index (BMI) on growth pattern of breast-fed and formula-fed infants.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 50 healthy infants. Twenty-ve each breast-fed (BF) and formula-fed (FF) infants along with their mothers were enrolled. The infants' weight, height, BMI, head circumference and skinfolds (biceps and triceps) were recorded. Infant's mother weight, height, BMI, mid-arm circumference and skinfolds were also recorded. The mothers lled 24-hours dietary-recall proforma. The 24-hours dietary-recall was then analyzed by windiet® software.RESULTS: Age of infants was 78.40±35.88 days at time of assessment. Height and weight standard deviation score (SDS) was found to be -2.759±3.10 and -0.538±2.05 with SDS of BMI was 1.59±2.30. Mean anthropometric measurements betweenthetwogroupswerenotsignicantlydifferentexceptforhead circumference (BF=38.12±4.46, FF=40.32±2.34; p-value=0.036). BMI and age of 2motherswere26.49±4.93kg/mand29.54±2.86yearsatassessment. Anthropometric analysis of mothers showed an increasing trend of different parametersespeciallywaistcircumference(cm)inbreast-feedingmothers (lactating=75±15.6, non-lactating=61±18.2, p-value=0.007). Dietary intake of lactating mothers (energy=3032±12 Kcal; % energy intake=125.9±53.3) was moreascomparedtonon-lactatingmothers(1878±99Kcal;%energy intake=78±41.2). Similarly intake of carbohydrates (lactating=414±186, non-lactating=274±175),fats(lactating=109±60.4,non-lactating=66.6±33.7), proteins(lactating=98.2±52.5,non-lactating=60.2±54.2),zinc (lactating=14.64±7.28,non-lactating=8.08±8.53),selenium (lactating=30.4±22.3,non-lactating=4.12±7.64)anddietaryber (lactating=41.3±19.5, non-lactating=20.4±15.5) were signicantly different.CONCLUSION: Growth pattern of both breast-fed and formula-fed infants were not signicantly different. Energy intake, percentage energy intake and intake of macronutrients & micronutrients are more in lactating mothers
Mehwish Durrani, Rubina Nazli, Sadia Fatima, Muhammad Abubakr, Muhammad Shafiq. (2020) IMPACT OF FEEDING PRACTICES, MATERNAL DIETARY HABITS AND MATERNAL BODY MASS INDEX ON GROWTH PATTERN IN BREAST-FED AND FORMULA-FED INFANTS, KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL, Volume 12, Issue 1.
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