KMID : 0123420060110040449
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition 2006 Volume.11 No. 4 p.449 ~ p.458
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Characteristics of Infants¡¯ Temperaments and Eating Behaviors, Mothers¡¯ Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practices in Poor Eating Infants
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Kim Yoon-jung
Chung Sang-Jin Lee Sang-Il Han Young-Shin Lee Yoon-na Choi Hay-Mie
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of infants¡¯ temperaments and eating behaviors, mothers¡¯
eating behaviors and feeding practices in poor eating infants. The participants were 80 infants of 12 - 24 months (27
poor eaters and 53 matched normal controls) from a hospital and a public health center. Mothers were questioned about
their eating behaviors and feeding practices, and infants¡¯ temperaments, eating behaviors, and nutrient intakes by one day
food recall. Subjects were divided by mean nutrient adequacy ratio (MAR, < 0.75; poor eater). Intakes of Ca, P, Fe, Zn,
thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, E, folate were below 75% RDA in poor eaters, whereas protein, thiamin, riboflavin,
vitamin B6, C, folate exceeded 125% RDA in good eaters. Rhythmicity of infants¡¯ temperaments and eating behaviors,
restriction of mothers¡¯ eating behaviors and feeding practices were significantly lower, whereas activity levels of infants¡¯
temperaments were higher than good eaters. In multiple logistic regression model of poor eaters, activity of infants¡¯
temperaments (T, OR: 1.19, CI: 1.05 - 1.35) and attention spans of infants¡¯ eating behaviors (A, OR: 1.18, CI: 1.03 -
1.35) were significantly positive, whereas rhythmicity of infants¡¯ eating behaviors (R, OR: 0.79, CI: 0.67 - 0.94) was
significantly negative [E (the logit) = -6.8644 + 0.1712 ¡¿ T - 0.2337 ¡¿ R + 0.1641 ¡¿ A]. Our findings suggest that
examination of eating behaviors, feeding practices, and temperaments will help target interventions to improve infants¡¯
food intakes, and these variables should be examined at the time of nutrition counseling. (Korean J Community Nutrition
11(4) : 449 ~ 458, 2006)
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KEYWORD
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poor eating infants, infants¡¯ temperaments, infants¡¯ eating behaviors, maternal eating behavior, ma-ternal feeding practice
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