@article{fdi:010042592,
  title = {{A}ssessment of child feeding practices using a summary index : stability over time and association with child growth in urban {M}adagascar},
  author = {{M}oursi, {M}ourad and {M}artin-{P}r{\'e}vel, {Y}ves and {E}ymard-{D}uvernay, {S}abrina and {C}apon, {G}illes and {T}r{\`e}che, {S}erge and {M}aire, {B}ernard and {D}elpeuch, {F}rancis},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {P}revious studies investigating the association between an infant and child feeding index ({ICFI}) and length-for-age were based on a cross-sectional design and on the assumption that data collected with brief recalls could provide information about more enduring processes. {O}bjectives: {T}he objectives were to test the stability of the individual {ICFI} values over time and to investigate how they relate to length-for-age z score ({LAZ}) and weight-for-length z score ({WLZ}) at the end of the study. {D}esign: {T}his prospective cohort study included 363 children aged 6-17 mo who were visited 3 times over 6 mo. {A} cross-sectional {ICFI} ({CS}-{ICFI}) was constructed for each visit by using data on feeding practices and data from quantitative 24-h recalls. {A} longitudinal {ICFI} ({L}-{ICFI}) was constructed with use of the 3 {CS}-{ICFI}s. {T}he stability of the {CS}-{ICFI} was assessed by using the variance of the repeatability coefficient (s(2)r). {R}esults: {S}tability of the {CS}-{ICFI} was shown by the value of 0.704 (95% {CI}: 0.625, 0.805) of the s(2)r, which differed significantly from 1 ({P} {G} 0.0001). {T}here was no significant association between the {CS}-{ICFI}s and {LAZ} or {WLZ} at visit 3. {I}n contrast, when moving from low to high {L}-{ICFI}, there was a highly significant 0.5 z score difference in mean {LAZ} at visit 3 ({P} = 0.0008). {T}he {L}-{ICFI} was not associated with {WLZ}. {C}onclusions: {T}he {ICFI} constructed by using data collected with brief recalls can provide information about feeding in the long term. {H}owever, the absence of association with {LAZ} suggests a lack of precision that can be reduced by using an {ICFI} based on repeated measurements.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {C}linical {N}utrition},
  volume = {87},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {1472--1479},
  ISSN = {0002-9165},
  year = {2008},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042592},
}