@article{jfnr2018623,
author={{Cinelli, Giulia and Fabrizi, Marta and Shashaj, Blegina and Matteis, Giuseppe De and Bedogni, Giorgio and Comparcola, Donatella and Ruggeri, Stefania and Nobili, Valerio and Manco, Melania},
title={Infant Feeding Practices in the First Year of Life in a Metropolitan Italian Cohort},
journal={Journal of Food and Nutrition Research},
volume={6},
number={2},
pages={82--88},
year={2018},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfnr/6/2/3},
issn={2333-1240},
abstract={Infant feeding choices are pivotal for growth and may affect the risk of overweight later in life. The objective of the study was to explore: (i) adherence to World Health Organization (WHO, exclusive breast feeding, BF, in the first 6 months) and European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPHGAN, complementary feeding, CF, between 17 and 26 weeks of age and cow¡¯s milk introduction at 1 year of age) recommendations; (ii) and the effect of these practice on infants¡¯ anthropometrics and adiposity at 1 year of age. The study was based on the sample of infants (n = 462) from the ¡°Feeding¡± cohort whose  feeding behaviours were monthly investigated from birth to 1 year of age and anthropometrics, thickness of epicardial adipose (EAT), abdominal subcutaneous, and visceral adipose tissues, measured at 1 year of age. Exclusively breast-fed  infants were 69.5% (n=321) at birth but 19.9% (n=92) at 6 months of age. CF was introduced at the median age of 5 (4-6), with 64.5% (n=298) of infants complying the ESPHGAN guidelines, while cow¡¯s milk was introduced at the age of 11 (10-12) months. Age of CF was associated with weight-to-length ratio (coeff.= -0.002, 95% CI -0.003 to -0.000, p = 0.018, r). Age of cow¡¯s milk introduction with weight-to-length ratio as well (coeff.= 0.001, 95% CI 0.000, 0.002, p=0.025; and EAT (coeff.=0.038, 95% CI 0.012 to 0.063, p = 0.004) at 1-y. Feeding practices complied with WHO recommendations in one infant out of five, and ESPHGAN recommendations in about seven out of ten. Early CF and cow¡¯s milk were both associated with anthropometrics at 1-y, while exclusively BF was not.},
doi={10.12691/jfnr-6-2-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}