@article {5156, title = {Do early infant feeding patterns relate to breast-feeding continuation and weight gain? Data from a longitudinal cohort study}, journal = {Eur J Clin Nutr}, volume = {58}, number = {9}, year = {2004}, note = {Casiday, R E
Wright, C M
Panter-Brick, C
Parkinson, K N
eng
Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t
England
2004/04/01 05:00
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2004 Sep;58(9):1290-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601964.}, month = {Sep}, pages = {1290-6}, abstract = {OBJECTIVES: To describe the first-week feeding patterns for breast- vs bottle-fed babies, and their association with sustained breast-feeding and infant weight gain at 6 weeks. DESIGN: A longitudinal cohort study. SETTING: Feeding diaries were completed by mothers in an urban UK community shortly after birth; follow-up weight and feeding data were collected at routine health checks. SUBJECTS: Mothers of 923 full-term infants born during the recruiting period agreed to join the study. In all, 502 usable diaries were returned from 54\% of the cohort. RESULTS: Breast-fed infants were fed more frequently (2.71 h between feeds) than bottle-fed infants (3.25 h between feeds) and mixed-fed infants (3.14 h between feeds) (P<0.001) in the first week of life, while duration of feeds was similar. Only exclusive breast-feeding in the first week (P<0.001) and maternal education (P=0.004) were related to continued breast-feeding at 6 weeks. Greater first-week feeding frequency (as measured by feed-to-feed interval, h) was associated with higher weight gain at 6 weeks for breast-feeders, but no analysed factors were associated with higher weight gain for bottle-feeders. CONCLUSIONS: This large-scale study of first-week feeding patterns sheds light on the important and complicated issues of breast-feeding continuation and infant weight gain, with implications for the feeding advice given to mothers. Supplementary bottle feeds were clearly associated with discontinued breast-feeding at 6 weeks. Over that period, higher weight gain was associated with more frequent feeding for breast-fed infants only. SPONSORSHIP: Henry Smith Charity, SPARKS, Child Growth Foundation.}, keywords = {*Weight Gain, Adult, Bottle Feeding/*statistics \& numerical data, Breast Feeding/*statistics \& numerical data, Cohort Studies, Educational Status, Energy Intake, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant Food, Infant, Newborn/*growth \& development, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mothers/*psychology}, isbn = {0954-3007 (Print)
0954-3007 (Linking)}, author = {Casiday, R. E. and Wright, C. M. and Panter-Brick, C. and Parkinson, K. N.} }