Abstract
\nOBJECTIVE: To assess whether persistent micronutrient deficiencies in Mongolian children identified in our earlier biochemical study are associated with inadequacies in quantity and\/or quality in their complementary diets.<\/p>\n
DESIGN: A cross-sectional study of breast-fed children aged 6-23 months, randomly selected from four districts in Ulaanbaatar and four provincial capitals.<\/p>\n
SUBJECTS: Weight and length were measured, and sociodemographic status, feeding practices and nutrient adequacy of complementary foods for children aged 6-8 months (n 26), 9-11 months (n 29) and 12-23 months (n 73) were assessed via questionnaire and in-home interactive 24 h recalls.<\/p>\n
RESULTS: No geographic differences existed so data were combined. Adherence to WHO infant and young child feeding practices was poor: few children were exclusively breast-fed up to 6 months of age or received the recommended number of feedings containing the recommended number of food groups. Nevertheless, energy intakes from complementary diets, primarily from cereals and non-nutritious snacks, were above WHO-estimated needs; vitamin C > vitamin A > Zn > Ca.<\/p>\n
CONCLUSIONS: Complementary feeding in Mongolia is compromised by deficits in several micronutrients but not energy, in part because of frequent consumption of non-nutritious snacks. The latter may interfere with breast-feeding and should be avoided. Instead, wheat-based complementary foods should be enriched with affordable cellular animal foods and fruits rich in vitamin C to combat existing micronutrient deficits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","mots_cles":[],"class_list":["post-40140","resume","type-resume","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"adresse":"Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.","annee":"2010","mois":"9","numero":"13:9","page":"1304-13","auteurs":[{"ID":40138,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-04 02:09:27","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-04 01:09:27","post_content":"","post_title":"Lander","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"lander","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-04 02:09:27","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-04 01:09:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/lander\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":40139,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-04 02:09:27","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-04 01:09:27","post_content":"","post_title":"Enkhjargal","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"enkhjargal","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-04 02:09:27","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-04 01:09:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/enkhjargal\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"sources":[{"ID":31458,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-03 23:45:23","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-03 22:45:23","post_content":"","post_title":"PUBLIC HEALTH NUTR","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"public-health-nutr-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-03 23:45:23","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-03 22:45:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/source\/public-health-nutr-2\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"source","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]},"yoast_head":"\n