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Impacts of the 10 Steps for Healthy Feeding in Infants: a Randomized Field Trial

NCT00629629 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2022-10-13

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Summary

This study assesses the effectiveness of a nutrition advice programme - The ten steps for healthy feeding of children under two years old - on nutritional status, diet, and morbidity history of children. This is a randomized controlled trial in mostly socioeconomic deprived families (intervention=200; controls=300). Mothers of the intervention group received dietary counseling in the first year of life. Both groups received routine care by their paediatricians and research assessment at 6 and 12 months, 4 years, 8 years and 12 years of age.

Conditions

  • Anemia
  • Breast Feeding, Exclusive
  • Overweight and Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dietary Advice

Step 1 - Provide Exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 mo. Step 2- After 6 mo, gradually introduce complementary foods and continue breastfeeding up to 2 y or more. Step 3 - Complementary foods should be given 3 times a day (cereals, beans, fruits, and vegetables) if the child is breastfed, and 5 times a day if not. Step 4- Mealtimes must be adjusted to the children's cues of hunger and satiety. Step 5: Foods should gradually get thicker up to the time when the child is able to eat a family meal. Complementary foods should not be liquefied. Step 6: A large variety of healthy foods should be given daily to guarantee the intake of different nutrients. Step 7: Different fruits and vegetables should be offered daily. Step 8: Sugar, sweets, soft drinks, salty snacks, cookies, and processed and fried foods must be avoided. Step 9: Good hygiene practices in food preparation and handling. Step 10: Adequate feeding during child illness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Márcia R Vitolo, PhD · Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-10-31
Primary Completion
2002-10-31
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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