BACKGROUND Contamination of baby's complementary food may occur with Escherichia coli from several sources including unclean utensils. We examined the relationship between socio-economic conditions, environmental factors, characteristics of food handlers and contamination of babies food-serving utensils with E. coli. METHODS The study was conducted in 21 villages of the Community Health Centr...

OBJECTIVE To describe adherence with infant feeding and complementary feeding guidelines. DESIGN Prospective study of infant feeding and complementary feeding practices were collected as part of the Cork BASELINE Birth Cohort Study. SETTING Cork, Ireland. SUBJECTS Data are described for the 823 infants for whom a diary was completed. RESULTS Breast-feeding was initiated in 81 % of infan...

Commercial fruit baby food is a preserved fruit product usually made with fruit purees, sugar, water and variable additives (thickening agents, antioxidants, etc.). As the foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses, baby foods for infants and young children conforms to a set of strict guidelines e.g. maximum levels for pesticide residues, microbiological contamination, addition of addi...

The purpose of this paper is to look at the phenomenon stunting in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia and efforts made form promotive, preventive, curative rehabilitative which are carried out an integrated, comprehensive sustainable manner by government. This type a descriptive research that explains describes searching news related activities prevention programs local Actions prevent certainly...

OBJECTIVE The impact of different weaning methods on food preferences and body mass index (BMI) in early childhood is not known. Here, we examine if weaning method-baby-led weaning versus traditional spoon feeding-influences food preferences and health-related outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Parents (n=155) recruited through the Nottingham Toddler laboratory and relevant internet s...

Background and purpose: Inappropriate complementary feeding practices are one of the causes of malnutrition worldwide. This study was aimed to determine the complementary feeding practices according to World Health Organization recommendation in Sari, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study on complementary feeding practices assayed the different aspect of infant feeding based o...

Baby-led weaning is an approach to complementary feeding that emphasizes infant's ability self-feed rather than being spoon fed, and eat minimally-processed foods puréed foods. This study aimed investigate the variability in infant practices possible association with developmental milestones Italian population. A sample of 1245 mothers 6–12 month-old infants completed online survey about their ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of breastfeeding and formula feeding, the age of introduction to specific foods, and the types of foods and beverages consumed by Hispanic infants and toddlers compared with similarly aged non-Hispanic infants and toddlers living in the United States. DESIGN Descriptive and comparative analysis of dietary recall data and responses to specific interview quest...

Food products containing carrots were analyzed for benzene contamination using headspace gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection. Of 82 commercial samples, 88% contained benzene above the detection limit of 0.04 μg/kg. Canned and jarred carrots contained 0.2 μg/kg of benzene on average. Higher levels were found in jarred baby foods containing carrots (0.9 μg/kg on average). The hig...

considering importance of baby corn as a new food, this study was conducted to evaluate effect of different sowing date; planting density and harvest methods on growth and yield of baby corn ksc403su varieties in agricultural research center and natural resources of khorasan razavi province during on 2007-2008. was considered at three levels of sowing date (14th  june, 3th  july, 24th july) as ...