R.E. Casiday
Do early infant feeding patterns relate to breast-feeding continuation and weight gain? Data from a longitudinal cohort study
Casiday, R.E.; Wright, C.M.; Panter-Brick, C.; Parkinson, K.
Authors
C.M. Wright
C. Panter-Brick
K. Parkinson
Abstract
Objectives: To describe the first-week feeding patterns for breast- vs bottle-fed babies, and their association with sustained breast-feeding and infant weight gain at 6 weeks. Design: A longitudinal cohort study. Setting: Feeding diaries were completed by mothers in an urban UK community shortly after birth; follow-up weight and feeding data were collected at routine health checks. Subjects: Mothers of 923 full-term infants born during the recruiting period agreed to join the study. In all, 502 usable diaries were returned from 54% of the cohort. Results: Breast-fed infants were fed more frequently (2.71 h between feeds) than bottle-fed infants (3.25 h between feeds) and mixed-fed infants (3.14 h between feeds) (P<0.001) in the first week of life, while duration of feeds was similar. Only exclusive breast-feeding in the first week (P<0.001) and maternal education (P=0.004) were related to continued breast-feeding at 6 weeks. Greater first-week feeding frequency (as measured by feed-to-feed interval, h) was associated with higher weight gain at 6 weeks for breast-feeders, but no analysed factors were associated with higher weight gain for bottle-feeders. Conclusions: This large-scale study of first-week feeding patterns sheds light on the important and complicated issues of breast-feeding continuation and infant weight gain, with implications for the feeding advice given to mothers. Supplementary bottle feeds were clearly associated with discontinued breast-feeding at 6 weeks. Over that period, higher weight gain was associated with more frequent feeding for breast-fed infants only. Sponsorship: Henry Smith Charity, SPARKS, Child Growth Foundation.
Citation
Casiday, R., Wright, C., Panter-Brick, C., & Parkinson, K. (2004). Do early infant feeding patterns relate to breast-feeding continuation and weight gain? Data from a longitudinal cohort study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 58(9), 1290-1296. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601964
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2004-09 |
Deposit Date | Jun 24, 2008 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 24, 2008 |
Journal | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
Print ISSN | 0954-3007 |
Electronic ISSN | 1476-5640 |
Publisher | Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com] |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 58 |
Issue | 9 |
Pages | 1290-1296 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601964 |
Keywords | Feeding diaries, Breast-feeding, Bottle-feeding, Infant feeding, Feed duration, Feeding frequency, Weight gain. |
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