TY - JOUR
T1 - Infant and maternal predictors of early life feeding decisions. The timing of solid food introduction
AU - Doub, Allison E.
AU - Moding, Kameron J.
AU - Stifter, Cynthia A.
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Acknowledgements: The authors want to thank the families who participated in the study and all members of the research team who contributed to the collection of these data. Funding: This study was supported by a grant to the third author (CAS) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ( DK081512 ). Manuscript preparation support for the first (AED) and second (KJM) authors was provided by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Grant no. 2011-67001-30117 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture , Childhood Obesity Prevention Challenge Area – A2121. Support to AED during the revision period came from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DGE1255832 . Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NIDDK, USDA, or the National Science Foundation. Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - There is limited research on the maternal and infant characteristics associated with the timing of solid food introduction. The current study examined how maternal feeding style and infant temperament independently and interactively predicted the age at which infants were introduced to solid food. Data from 115 predominately white, middle-class mothers were collected when infants were 4 and 6 months of age. The timing of solid food introduction was positively correlated with mothers' age, education, breastfeeding at 4 months, self-reported responsiveness to infants' hunger and satiety cues, and negatively correlated with mothers' pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), beliefs about feeding infants solid food prior to 6 months of age, and infants' temperamental motor reactivity. When controlling for maternal age, education, pre-pregnancy BMI, and milk feeding method at 4 months, the timing of solid food introduction was negatively predicted by mothers' beliefs about feeding solid food prior to 6 months of age. Exploratory interaction analyses suggested that infant temperament marginally moderated maternal feeding style in predicting the timing of solid food introduction.
AB - There is limited research on the maternal and infant characteristics associated with the timing of solid food introduction. The current study examined how maternal feeding style and infant temperament independently and interactively predicted the age at which infants were introduced to solid food. Data from 115 predominately white, middle-class mothers were collected when infants were 4 and 6 months of age. The timing of solid food introduction was positively correlated with mothers' age, education, breastfeeding at 4 months, self-reported responsiveness to infants' hunger and satiety cues, and negatively correlated with mothers' pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), beliefs about feeding infants solid food prior to 6 months of age, and infants' temperamental motor reactivity. When controlling for maternal age, education, pre-pregnancy BMI, and milk feeding method at 4 months, the timing of solid food introduction was negatively predicted by mothers' beliefs about feeding solid food prior to 6 months of age. Exploratory interaction analyses suggested that infant temperament marginally moderated maternal feeding style in predicting the timing of solid food introduction.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appet.2015.05.028
DO - 10.1016/j.appet.2015.05.028
M3 - Article
C2 - 26025089
AN - SCOPUS:84931281617
SN - 0195-6663
VL - 92
SP - 261
EP - 268
JO - Appetite
JF - Appetite
ER -