Nutri-Bébé 2022 A French National Survey on Feeding Practice and Nutrient Intakes of Children Under 3 Years of Age

Launched by SECTEUR FRANÇAIS DES ALIMENTS DE L'ENFANCE · Dec 10, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Infant's and young children's diet is a determining factor in their growth and development and may impact the occurrence of non-communicable diseases in the medium and long term. In this context, knowledge regarding the feeding practice and nutrients intake in children under 3 years of age is valuable, whether for the entire scientific and medical community or for the public authorities.

Aiming to help achieving this objective, the SFAE has carried out a national observational survey every 8 years since 1981. The analysis of these data over time makes it possible to evaluate the intakes of...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Child aged 0.5 to 35 months
• • Child whose responding parent, mainly responsible for his diet, agrees to complete the three stages of the survey (informed consent).
• • Child whose responding parent accepts the collection of birth weight, and the most recent weight and height in the health booklet. If the weight measurement has not been performed recently, the responding parent agrees to measure the weight of their child during the first interview. In this case, the presence of the child will be necessary. A recent weight corresponds to a measurement in the 15 days preceding inclusion for children aged 0-6 months, in the month preceding inclusion for children aged 6-12 months and in the two months preceding inclusion for those over one year old.
• • Child whose parents have been informed of the study orally and in writing, and have not objected to the participation of the child before its inclusion and to the collection of information concerning them.
• • In the case of the spouse of the responding parent, different from the second parent and living in the same household, no opposition to the collection of data concerning him
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Child with a chronic or intercurrent pathology (including food allergies)
• • Child with a birth weight of less than 2.5 kg
• • Child whose last weight measurement in the health record is not recent enough AND whose parent refuses to measure his weight
• • Child having to take at least one meal at school during the 3 days of filling in the consumption diary
• • Child cared for by the crèche or by a third party and whose person responsible for meals refuses to send all the information (qualitative and quantitative) to the responding parent so that he can complete the consumption diary
• • Child whose sponsoring parent is under the age of 18, or is placed under guardianship or curatorship, or under legal protection

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