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NUTRIENTS
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu14051115
Keywords
breastmilk; child eating behavior questionnaire; corn-syrup solids; eating behavior; enjoyment of eating; food fussiness; formula; Hispanic; infant; obesity
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This study investigated the influence of infant formulas made with added corn-syrup solids on child eating behaviors. The results suggest that Hispanic infants consuming formula containing corn-syrup solids may develop greater food fussiness and reduced enjoyment of food in the first 2 years of life compared to breastfed infants.
Few studies have investigated the influence of infant formulas made with added corn-syrup solids on the development of child eating behaviors. We examined associations of breastmilk (BM), traditional formula (TF), and formula containing corn-syrup solids (CSSF) with changes in eating behaviors over a period of 2 years. Feeding type was assessed at 6 months in 115 mother-infant pairs. Eating behaviors were assessed at 12, 18 and 24 months. Repeated Measures ANCOVA was used to determine changes in eating behaviors over time as a function of feeding type. Food fussiness and enjoyment of food differed between the feeding groups (p < 0.05) and changed over time for CSSF and TF (p < 0.01). Food fussiness increased from 12 to 18 and 12 to 24 months for CSSF and from 12 to 24 months for TF (p < 0.01), while it remained stable for BM. Enjoyment of food decreased from 12 to 24 months for CSSF (p < 0.01), while it remained stable for TF and BM. There was an interaction between feeding type and time for food fussiness and enjoyment of food (p < 0.01). Our findings suggest that Hispanic infants consuming CSSF may develop greater food fussiness and reduced enjoyment of food in the first 2 years of life compared to BM-fed infants.
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