Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To describe infant feeding practices in rural Senegal in relation to age and nutritional status. The main hypothesis to be tested was whether mothers modulate feeding in response to growth and nutritional status of their infants.
DESIGN
A cross-sectional survey using qualitative 24-h recalls and lifetime recalls to assess feeding practices, and using weight and recumbent length measurements to assess nutritional status.
SETTING
Three health clinics in the Fatick region, a rural area of Senegal, West Africa, covering a population of 26,600.
SUBJECTS
All 2-10-month-old infants attending four immunization sessions in 1991 (n = 1174; 80% of convoked infants).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Prevalence of feeding with additional food (gruel, family diet and food of animal origin), weight-for-length and length-for-age.
RESULTS
All infants were breastfed. A supplement had been given the day before the survey to 10% of infants aged 2-3.9 months, 30% of infants aged 4-5.9 months and 45% of those aged 6-6.9 months. The main food items were watery millet gruel and family diet (millet or rice). Gruel was given in response to perceived breast-milk insufficiency. Animal products were seldom eaten at any age. Length-for-age and weight-for-length were significantly lower among infants supplemented with millet gruel, when adjusted for age; while no such relationship was found with family diet.
CONCLUSION
Mothers preferentially fed gruel to small, thin infants.
TY - JOUR
T1 - Infant feeding and nutritional status: the dilemma of mothers in rural Senegal.
AU - Simondon,K B,
AU - Simondon,F,
PY - 1995/3/1/pubmed
PY - 1995/3/1/medline
PY - 1995/3/1/entrez
KW - Africa
KW - Africa South Of The Sahara
KW - Biology
KW - Body Weight--changes
KW - Breast Feeding
KW - Child Development
KW - Demographic Factors
KW - Developing Countries
KW - French Speaking Africa
KW - Growth
KW - Health
KW - Infant Nutrition
KW - Nutrition
KW - Nutrition Surveys
KW - Physiology
KW - Population
KW - Population Characteristics
KW - Research Report
KW - Rural Population
KW - Senegal
KW - Supplementary Feeding
KW - Weaning
KW - Western Africa
SP - 179
EP - 88
JF - European journal of clinical nutrition
JO - Eur J Clin Nutr
VL - 49
IS - 3
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To describe infant feeding practices in rural Senegal in relation to age and nutritional status. The main hypothesis to be tested was whether mothers modulate feeding in response to growth and nutritional status of their infants. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey using qualitative 24-h recalls and lifetime recalls to assess feeding practices, and using weight and recumbent length measurements to assess nutritional status. SETTING: Three health clinics in the Fatick region, a rural area of Senegal, West Africa, covering a population of 26,600. SUBJECTS: All 2-10-month-old infants attending four immunization sessions in 1991 (n = 1174; 80% of convoked infants). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of feeding with additional food (gruel, family diet and food of animal origin), weight-for-length and length-for-age. RESULTS: All infants were breastfed. A supplement had been given the day before the survey to 10% of infants aged 2-3.9 months, 30% of infants aged 4-5.9 months and 45% of those aged 6-6.9 months. The main food items were watery millet gruel and family diet (millet or rice). Gruel was given in response to perceived breast-milk insufficiency. Animal products were seldom eaten at any age. Length-for-age and weight-for-length were significantly lower among infants supplemented with millet gruel, when adjusted for age; while no such relationship was found with family diet. CONCLUSION: Mothers preferentially fed gruel to small, thin infants.
SN - 0954-3007
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/7774534/Infant_feeding_and_nutritional_status:_the_dilemma_of_mothers_in_rural_Senegal_
L2 - https://medlineplus.gov/toddlerdevelopment.html
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
