Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

Population/
study
information
The study commenced in 2004 with
two cohorts - families with 4-5 year
old children (cohort K) and families
with 0-1 year old infants (cohort B)
In 2004 (wave 1) the total infant
cohort available for analysis
comprised 5,045 infants aged 3 to 14
months
In wave 2 there were 4,606 families
in the B cohort children(response
rate 91%). The mother/ caregiver
was interviewed, face-to-face.
Breastfeeding status was derived
from mothers' reports
There were 1,883 children under three years of
age in the sample.
640 children were under one year old, 630 were
under two years and 613 were under three years
old. The age of the child was recorded in
months. The questions were answered on
behalf of the child by a parent, 83% of the time
by the mother.
Infant feeding questions were asked by
personal inter view
in respect to all 1,883 children aged under three
years of age.
Sample sizes were 1508 for
initiation of breastfeeding in the
and 1299 for breastfeeding at 12
months.
In wave 3 in 2008-9 parents were
asked to report on their infant's time
use by completing a diary for one
weekday and one weekend day, on
pre-specified dates. In the diary,
each day is divided into 15 minute
intervals. Diaries were excluded if
they had too much missing data The
number of children who met these
criteria was 2,878
Results
For wave 2 of the B cohort; 92 % of
children were breastfed at birth.
At 25 weeks 65.1 % (62.2-68.0) of infants were
regularly receiving solid food
Weighted estimates of proportions
of infants breastfeeding in 2004–
632