Amanda Del Risco, Alexander Cherches, Lauren Polcaro, Claire Washabaugh, Robin Hales, Rong Jiang, Alexander Allori, Eileen Raynor
Improving Health Literacy of Elective Procedures in Pediatric Otolaryngology
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
appropriate infant young child feeding iycf plays crucial role promoting healthy growth children currently many chinese urban parents seeking care children early childhood education ece institutions however little known feeding practices infants young children ece institutions study aims investigate complementary feeding practices chinese urban children aged 623 months ece institutions explore potential factors influencing feeding practices crosssectional study conducted among primary caregivers children aged 623 months ece institutions across 31 provinces china 1 march 30 april 2023 convenience sampling used recruit caregivers centres gymboree play music ece institution selfadministered questionnaires designed using online survey tool sojump distributed wechat platform collected information 1 childrens complementary feeding practices 2 food frequency seven food groups 3 caregivers feeding knowledge practices 4 frequency children attended ece classes primary caregivers daily nurturing care time 5 source information complementary feeding total 2731 children caregivers surveyed 416 children aged 611 months 2315 children aged 1223 months prevalence minimum dietary diversity mdd minimum meal frequency mmf minimum acceptable diet mad 594 606 392 respectively 173 caregivers believed continued breastfeeding two years 295 children continuously breastfed 1223 months cbf proportion nonresponsive feeding practices among caregivers ranged 28 64 except cbf prevalence key complementary feeding practices higher among children attending ece classes attending ece classes p 005 moreover children aged 1223 months received longnursing care time 4hd significantly higher mmf mad prevalence shortnursing care time group mmf 662 vs 588 p 00003 mad 442 vs 383 p 00047 complementary feeding practices children aged 623 months ece institutions urban china remained suboptimal nonresponsive feeding practices among caregivers common attendance ece classes caregivers daily nurturing care time could beneficial ensuring children comply complementary feeding recommendations