Complementary feeding practices for children aged 6–23 months in early childhood education institutions in urban China: A cross-sectional study
Journal of Global Health,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14
Опубликована: Март 8, 2024
Abstract
Background
Appropriate
infant
and
young
child
feeding
(IYCF)
plays
a
crucial
role
in
promoting
the
healthy
growth
of
children.
Currently,
many
Chinese
urban
parents
are
seeking
care
children
from
early
childhood
education
(ECE)
institutions,
however,
little
is
known
about
practices
infants
ECE
institutions.
This
study
aims
to
investigate
complementary
for
aged
6–23
months
institutions
explore
potential
factors
influencing
their
practices.
Methods
cross-sectional
was
conducted
among
primary
caregivers
across
31
provinces
China
1
March
30
April
2023.
Convenience
sampling
used
recruit
centres
Gymboree
Play
&
Music
(an
institution).
Self-administered
questionnaires
were
designed
using
online
survey
tool
Sojump
distributed
through
WeChat
platform,
which
collected
information
on
1)
children's
practices;
2)
food
frequency
seven
groups;
3)
caregivers'
knowledge
4)
attended
classes
daily
nurturing
time;
5)
source
feeding.
Results
A
total
2731
surveyed,
with
416
6–11
2315
12–23
months.
The
prevalence
minimum
dietary
diversity
(MDD),
meal
(MMF),
acceptable
diet
(MAD)
59.4,
60.6,
39.2%,
respectively.
Only
17.3%
believed
that
continued
breastfeeding
should
be
at
two
years
or
above,
29.5%
continuously
breastfed
(CBF).
proportion
non-responsive
ranged
28
64%.
Except
CBF,
other
key
higher
who
attending
than
those
not
(all
P
<
0.05).
Moreover,
received
long-nursing
time
(≥4h/d)
had
significantly
MMF
MAD
short-nursing
group
(MMF
=
66.2
vs.
58.8%,
0.0003;
44.2
38.3%,
0.0047).
Conclusions
remained
suboptimal,
common.
attendance
could
beneficial
ensuring
comply
recommendations.
Язык: Английский
Suboptimal status of tummy time for infants in early childhood education institutions in urban China: A cross-sectional study
Journal of Global Health,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14
Опубликована: Март 14, 2024
Although
tummy
time
is
recommended
as
a
form
of
physical
activity
for
non-movable
infants
worldwide,
little
known
regarding
the
current
status
practices
among
Chinese
infants.
Early
childhood
education
(ECE)
institutions
provide
children
with
rich
learning
experiences;
however,
in
these
ECE
were
unclear.
This
study
aimed
to
investigate
within
context
institutions.
Язык: Английский
Leveraging nursery and early childhood education institutions for improving feeding and movement behaviours of infants and young children in China
Journal of Global Health,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14
Опубликована: Фев. 8, 2024
Further
improvement
is
needed
in
feeding
practices
Язык: Английский
Retrospective Study on the Association Between Climate Factors and Infant Colic in Beijing (2021-2022)
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
Volume 17, С. 5967 - 5979
Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024
Purpose:
To
assess
seasonal
variations
in
infant
colic
(IC)
prevalence
and
explore
the
association
between
climate
factors,
including
temperature,
air
pollutants,
their
interactions,
with
IC.Methods:
Medical
records
of
1955
infants
aged
0-3
months
from
October
2021
to
September
2022
were
analyzed,
IC
diagnosed
according
Rome
IV
criteria.Seasonal
differences
compared
using
chi-square
tests.Climate
data,
weekly
averages
PM2.5,
PM10,
NO2,
CO,
O3,
AQI,
along
1-,
2-,
4-week
lags,
collected
via
web
scraping.Interaction
terms
temperature
pollutants
(including
lagged
variables)
created.Variance
Inflation
Factors
(VIF)
addressed
multicollinearity.Pearson
correlation
assessed
linear
relationships,
while
Generalized
Additive
Models
(GAM)
evaluated
non-linear
associations.Results:
The
overall
was
38.62%.Demographic
analysis
showed
no
significant
without
IC.Seasonal
revealed
differences,
highest
winter.After
Bonferroni
correction,
spring
(34.52%)
winter
(43.60%)
differed
significantly
(p
<
0.0083).Linear
indicated
weak
associations
interactions
(correlation
coefficients:
-0.05
0.03).GAM
confirmed
these
findings,
individual
factors
explaining
only
0.002
deviance
0.007.No
meaningful
relationship
identified.
Conclusion:This
study
identified
prevalence,
rates
observed
winter.However,
or
found
interactions.These
findings
underscore
need
for
future
research
non-climatic
factors.
Язык: Английский