Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

Intervention
Comparator
formula was not classified
as a complementary food.
Introduction of comp foods
16
weeks
N 5330 313
Introduction of Comp foods
before 4 months compared
to >4 months
(3) Age at introduction of
solid foods: in which the
mother introduced solids
before four calendar months
(17.4 weeks), ie, introduced
solid foods early.
Breastfeeding duration
Population/study
information
Danish National Birth
Cohort
(DNBC), a national cohort
study
313 preschool-aged children
who were participating in a
prospective cohort study
(exposure data obtained
retrospectively.
Body composition measured
using DEXA
10 533 3-year-old children
from the UK
Millennium Cohort Study.
Quality P N P P
Results
After adjustment the early
introduction of comp foods
resulted in 0.7kg heavier
infant at 12 months
Children did not differ
significantly in fat mass if
they were introduced to
complementary foods before
or after 4 mo of age (x ± SE
4.49 ± 0.12 and 4.63 ± 0.12
kg, respectively; P ± 0.42).
Neither breastfeeding nor
the timing of the
introduction of
complementary foods was
associated with adiposity at
age 5 y.
Early introduction of solids
was not associated with
faster weight gain after
adjustment for height z-
score at 3 years (20.01, 95%
CI 20.04 to 0.03).
Included 22 SLR’s
Quality 11 moderate and 11
low.
Factors associated with later
overweight and obesity:
maternal diabetes, maternal
smoking, rapid infant
growth, no or short
breastfeeding, obesity in
infancy, short sleep
duration,