Healthy Babies Through Infant Centered Feeding

Summary

Poor feeding practices during infancy contribute to obesity risk because they interfere with infant feeding self-regulation and appropriate growth patterns as infants transition from human milk and/or formula-based diets to solid foods. The goal of the project is to provide an educational intervention that fosters appropriate maternal responsiveness, feeding styles, and feeding practices via infant-centered feeding.

Conditions

• Overweight
• Obesity
• Infant Overnutrition
• Feeding Behavior
• Feeding Patterns

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Babies

Each lesson is designed to promote the development of healthy infant eating, and incorporates research-based information, opportunities for mothers to develop and practice skills, and a discussion of strategies to overcome challenges and problem-solving techniques. During lessons, mothers engage in activities in support of lesson goals. Intervention strategies focusing on feeding practices will include modification of the feeding environment (e.g., television off during feeding). The telephone contacts, 10 minutes in length, made at 6, 8, and 10 months, reinforce key concepts in the lessons after conclusion of the intervention to maintain effects.

BEHAVIORAL

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

Core EFNEP concepts are United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) My Pyramid, fruits, vegetables, meats, whole grains, food safety, and food resource management. Educators for the EFNEP group will use the EFNEP lessons which address basic knowledge customized for families with infants. Mothers in the EFNEP group will receive a series of six lessons from the nutrition education program offered in each state; they provide a series of lessons focused on nutrition education for families and do not include extensive content on feeding infants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Department of Health and Human Services

  collaborator FED

• Colorado State University

  collaborator OTHER

• Michigan State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Mildred Horodynski, PhD, RN · Michigan State University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-02-28

Primary Completion

2014-02-28

Completion

2014-02-28

Countries

• United States

Study Locations