@article{fdi:010055916,
  title = {{A} summary index of feeding practices is positively associated with height-for-age, but only marginally with linear growth, in rural {S}enegalese infants and toddlers},
  author = {{B}ork, {K}irsten and {C}ames, {C}{\'e}cile and {B}arigou, {S}. and {C}ournil, {A}mandine and {D}iallo, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}everal studies have shown an association between an infant and young child feeding index ({ICH}) and height-for-age {Z}-score ({HAZ}) in {L}atin {A}merica and {A}frica. {A} previous study was unable to reproduce these findings in 500 rural {S}enegalese 12-42-mo-old children. {T}he 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 {S}enegalese children during 2 visits. {L}ist-based food frequencies were recalled for the past 24 h, and height/length and weight measurements were taken. {I}ndicators 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). {I}n 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. {T}he 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. {I}n conclusion, {ICFI}, {DDI}, and {FVI} were associated with {HAZ}, particularly during infancy, whereas no indicator was associated with linear growth in this age group. {T}herefore, 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}. {N}utr. 142: 1116-1122, 2012.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {N}utrition},
  volume = {142},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1116--1122},
  ISSN = {0022-3166},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.3945/jn.112.157602},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010055916},
}