Bork Kirsten, Cames Cécile, Barigou S., Cournil Amandine, Diallo A. (2012). A summary index of feeding practices is positively associated with height-for-age, but only marginally with linear growth, in rural Senegalese infants and toddlers. Journal of Nutrition, 142 (6), p. 1116-1122. ISSN 0022-3166.
Titre du document
A summary index of feeding practices is positively associated with height-for-age, but only marginally with linear growth, in rural Senegalese infants and toddlers
Année de publication
2012
Auteurs
Bork Kirsten, Cames Cécile, Barigou S., Cournil Amandine, Diallo A.
Source
Journal of Nutrition, 2012,
142 (6), p. 1116-1122 ISSN 0022-3166
Several studies have shown an association between an infant and young child feeding index (ICH) and height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) in Latin America and Africa. A previous study was unable to reproduce these findings in 500 rural Senegalese 12-42-mo-old children. The relationship of ICFI, dietary diversity index (DDI), food variety index (FVI), meal frequency index (MFI), and breastfeeding (BF) to HAZ and growth in height/length over 6 mo was studied in 1060 6-36-mo-old Senegalese children during 2 visits. List-based food frequencies were recalled for the past 24 h, and height/length and weight measurements were taken. Indicators were transformed into tertiles in age-specific subgroups. DDI, FVI, MFI, and ICFI were poorly concordant across visits at all ages (weighted kappa: 0.02-0.25). In cross-sectional analyses that pooled children from the 2 visits, HAZ was positively associated with DDI and FVI at 6-12, 12-18, and 18-24 mo and with ICFI at 6-12 and 18-24 mo (P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively) but was negatively associated with BF at 12-18, 18-24, and 24-30 mo. The length increment between visits was positively associated with MFI and ICFI, measured during the first visit in 18-24-mo-olds (P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively) but not with DDI, FVI, or BF at any age. In conclusion, ICFI, DDI, and FVI were associated with HAZ, particularly during infancy, whereas no indicator was associated with linear growth in this age group. Therefore, the strong association between HAZ and ICFI during infancy may be partly due to maternal adaptation to infant clues, i.e., greater appetite for and interest in non-breast-milk foods among taller infants. J. Nutr. 142: 1116-1122, 2012.
Plan de classement
Nutrition, alimentation [054]
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010055916]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010055916
