Early Life Nutrition and the Role of Complementary Feeding on Later Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Children up to 3 Years of Age

The first years of life represent a window of opportunity to establish proper dietary patterns and to maintain them over time. Our aim was to describe the diet of a cohort of Spanish children, from 2 to 36 months, and to identify the components that could influence the quality of the diet at 24 and...

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Published in:Nutrients 2022-04, Vol.14 (8), p.1664
Main Authors: Gómez-Martín, María, Herrero-Morín, David, Arboleya, Silvia, Gueimonde, Miguel, González, Sonia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Animal-based foods
Animals
Babies
Baby foods
Bioethics
Breast Feeding
breastfeeding
Breastfeeding & lactation
Cereals
Children
complementary feeding
Dairy products
Diet
Diet, Mediterranean
Energy intake
Feeding Behavior
Female
Food
Food consumption
Food habits
Food intake
Food preferences
Fruits
Humans
Infant
infant diet
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Legumes
Mediterranean diet
Milk
Nutrition
Nutrition research
Prospective Studies
Questionnaires
Vegetables
Vitamin D
Weaning
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Summary:The first years of life represent a window of opportunity to establish proper dietary patterns and to maintain them over time. Our aim was to describe the diet of a cohort of Spanish children, from 2 to 36 months, and to identify the components that could influence the quality of the diet at 24 and 36 months of age. This was a longitudinal prospective study analyzing information from administered questionnaires about general characteristics and food frequency consumption in 97 full-term babies. At 2-3 months of age, only 53.6% of infants were observed to be breastfed. The intake of animal foodstuffs from 12 to 36 months was higher than national recommendations, and the contrary was true for fruits and vegetables. The intake of vitamin D was below European Food Safety Authority recommendations. Moreover, energy intake at 6 months was inversely associated with Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) at 24 months, whereas vegetables intake was positively associated with MDS at 36 months. These results could be useful in the creation of future guidelines focused on the promotion of breastfeeding and healthy early-life food habits.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu14081664