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Infant and child feeding index reflects feeding practices, nutritional status of urban slum children. | LitMetric

AI Article Synopsis

  • The study evaluates child feeding practices for children aged 6 to 24 months in urban slums of Mumbai, India, using the Infant and Child Feeding Index (ICFI) to examine its connection with nutritional status.
  • A sample of 446 children was analyzed, utilizing 24-hour dietary recalls and food frequency questionnaires to assess dietary diversity and feeding behaviors, resulting in an average ICFI score of 5.9.
  • The findings suggest that ICFI can effectively gather crucial data on child feeding practices for public health initiatives and indicates a significant relationship between ICFI scores and children's nutritional growth metrics.

Article Abstract

Background: Infant and child feeding index (ICFI) an age-specific index, can be used to assess child feeding practices. We used the ICFI to assess feeding practices for urban slum children and the association between ICFI and child nutritional status.

Methods: 446 children aged 6 to 24 months from urban slums of Mumbai, India were studied. We used the 24-hour diet recall to study dietary diversity and a food frequency questionnaire for consumption of food groups during the preceding week. ICFI was computed using five components, namely, breastfeeding, use of bottle, dietary diversity score (DDS), food group frequency score (FGFS) and feeding frequency scores (FFS). Weight, height and Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) were measured, and z scores were calculated. Association between ICFI scores and nutritional status was examined.

Results: The mean total ICFI score for all was 5.9 ± 1.9. Among the five components, FGFS and FFS differed between children <12 months of age and >12 months and by breast feeding status. In contrast, there were no differences vis-à-vis dietary diversity scores (DDS), breast feeding, and use of bottle. Non-breastfed children had significantly higher DDS scores than did breastfed children. The mean feeding frequency score (FFS) for children <12 months of age was slightly but not significantly lower than scores for children >12 months of age. Mother's age and child's age were significant determinants of ICFI. Multivariate analysis indicated that ICFI was significantly associated with Length-for-Age z scores (LAZ) and BMI-for-Age z scores (BAZ). Sensitivity of ICFI was lower than its specificity.

Conclusions: The results of the present study confirmed that the ICFI can be used to collect information on key components of young child feeding practices and be incorporated into public-health programmes. Further, it could be used to determine the influence of complementary feeding practices on nutritional status of children.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4256801PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-014-0290-7DOI Listing

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