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Abstract
The present study was carried out in an attempt to evaluate feeding practices of Egyptian infants in first year of life in Abohamad city (Sharkia Governorate) and to assess the impact of this practice on growth of infant. The present study included 500 infants with age range between 6 and 12 months. They were selected among those attending pediatrics clinics, Maternal and Child Health care Centers at El-Sharkia governorate in the period from April, 2011 to December 2011. Each infant was subjected to full history taking laying stress on: age, sex, residence, father’s education and occupation, mother’s education and occupation and family income. Assessment of feeding using an Arabic questionnaire that was developed to collect information about breast feeding, artificial feeding and weaning.
Anthropometric measurements were assessed especially weight, length, weight for age, length for age, occipitofrontal circumference, mid arm circumference and skin fold thickness.
The present study included 204 girls and 296 boys. Most infants from rural areas (66.6%). Most of fathers and mothers had secondary educational levels (75.6% and 75.2% respectively).
The present study showed that most of studied infants received breast feeding (87.8%) during the first 6 months of life. Most infant received first breast feed after one hour after birth (58.9%) and only 4.7% received 1st. breast feed within 30minetes after birth. More than half of infants did not receive any fluids immediately after birth (57.5%) and about one third of breast feed infants received glucose before the first breast feed. Most of the mothers not washing the breast before starting breast feed (64.6%). Most of mothers do not wash the breast before feeding their babies (64.6%). Most of the infants breast fed at night more than once (79.8%).more than half of the mothers feed their infants from one breast in each feed (51.6%).
Grand mothers were the most common source of information about breast feeding (34.9%) and doctors supplied only 15% of the mothers by the information about breast feeding.
More than 40% of included mother have false believe that sweaty food increase breast milk production.
Most of included infants start weaning in appropriate time (80.4%).
79% of included infants started yoghurt intake before 6month and only 5% of infants didn’t receive yoghurt during their first year of life.
17.3% of infant had GI problems with onset of weaning with colic being the most common problem (9.3%).
84.4% of included infants didn’t receive any vitamin or mineral supplementation only 0.6% received iron and 10.4% received vitamin D.
There was higher frequency of male sex among artificially (75%) and mixed feed infants (77.4%).
There was higher frequency of moderate maternal education among breast fed infants (77.4%) compared to those who were artificially fed or mixed.
There was higher frequency of first order in birth among breast fed infant (60.1%).
There was significant lower frequency of first order in birth among infants with delayed age of weaning.
Doctors wear the mean source of information about infant feeding among those with appropriate age of weaning.
There was higher frequency of GI problems among infants with early age of weaning.
There was higher mean Z scores of WFA (- 0.12) And LFA (-0.37) among breast fed infants compared to artificially (- 0.625) and mixed fed infants (- 0.65).
There was significant higher frequency of abnormal WFL Z score including border high among infants with early age of weaning compared to those with delayed age of weaning.