Infant and child feeding index reflects feeding practices, nutritional status of urban slum children

BMC Pediatrics

Shobha A Udipi¹  Neha Lohia¹ 

[1] Department of Food Science and Nutrition, SNDT Women’s University, Sir Vithaldas Vidyavihar, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049, India

关键词: India;    Urban slums;    Nutritional status;    Complementary feeding practices;    Dietary diversity;    Infant and child feeding index;   

Others  :  1103231
DOI  :  10.1186/s12887-014-0290-7

 received in 2014-04-03, accepted in 2014-11-10,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Infant and child feeding index (ICFI) an age-specific index, can be used to assess child feeding practices. We used the ICFI to assess feeding practices for urban slum children and the association between ICFI and child nutritional status.

Methods

446 children aged 6 to 24 months from urban slums of Mumbai, India were studied. We used the 24-hour diet recall to study dietary diversity and a food frequency questionnaire for consumption of food groups during the preceding week. ICFI was computed using five components, namely, breastfeeding, use of bottle, dietary diversity score (DDS), food group frequency score (FGFS) and feeding frequency scores (FFS). Weight, height and Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) were measured, and z scores were calculated. Association between ICFI scores and nutritional status was examined.

Results

The mean total ICFI score for all was 5.9 ± 1.9. Among the five components, FGFS and FFS differed between children <12 months of age and >12 months and by breast feeding status. In contrast, there were no differences vis-à-vis dietary diversity scores (DDS), breast feeding, and use of bottle. Non-breastfed children had significantly higher DDS scores than did breastfed children. The mean feeding frequency score (FFS) for children <12 months of age was slightly but not significantly lower than scores for children >12 months of age. Mother’s age and child’s age were significant determinants of ICFI. Multivariate analysis indicated that ICFI was significantly associated with Length-for-Age z scores (LAZ) and BMI-for-Age z scores (BAZ). Sensitivity of ICFI was lower than its specificity.

Conclusions

The results of the present study confirmed that the ICFI can be used to collect information on key components of young child feeding practices and be incorporated into public-health programmes. Further, it could be used to determine the influence of complementary feeding practices on nutritional status of children.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Lohia and Udipi; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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