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Consistency in infants' behavioural signalling of satiation during bottle-feeding.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the dynamics of feeding is essential for preventing accelerated weight gain during infancy, a risk factor for obesity.Because infants satiate on larger volumes of cow milk formula (CMF) than CMF enriched with the free amino acid glutamate (CMF?+?glu), we used this model system to determine whether infants displayed consistent behaviours despite satiating on lower volumes.In this laboratory-based, within-subject experimental study of ?4-month-old infants (n?=?41) and their mothers, infants were videotaped while feeding to satiation CMF on one test day and CMF?+?glu on the other, in counterbalanced order. Each video-recording was analysed frame-by-frame for frequency and timing of behaviours.Infants' behaviours were consistent in types and frequency but were displayed sooner when feeding CMF?+?glu compared with CMF. The less responsive the mother's feeding style, the less consistent the infant displayed behaviours across the two formula meals (P?=?0.05). Infants who spat up (a possible sign of overfeeding) consumed more formula (P?=?0.01) and had less responsive mothers (P?=?0.04) compared with the other infants.Infants are consistent in their behavioural displays during feeding at this developmental age. Regulation of intake and signalling of satiation during bottle-feeding are associated with formula composition and maternal feeding style.

SUBMITTER: Ventura AK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4282834 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Consistency in infants' behavioural signalling of satiation during bottle-feeding.

Ventura A K AK Inamdar L B LB Mennella J A JA

Pediatric obesity 20140703 3

<h4>Background</h4>Understanding the dynamics of feeding is essential for preventing accelerated weight gain during infancy, a risk factor for obesity.<h4>Objectives</h4>Because infants satiate on larger volumes of cow milk formula (CMF) than CMF enriched with the free amino acid glutamate (CMF + glu), we used this model system to determine whether infants displayed consistent behaviours despite satiating on lower volumes.<h4>Methods</h4>In this laboratory-based, within-subject experimental stud ...[more]

PMID: 24990443

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Project description:BACKGROUND: There is very little evidence of the similarity of the mechanics of maternal and bottle feeding. We assessed the mechanics of sucking in exclusive breastfeeding, exclusive bottle feeding, and mixed feeding. The hypothesis established was that physiological pattern for suckling movements differ depending on the type of feeding. According to this hypothesis, babies with breastfeeding have suckling movements at the breast that are different from the movements of suckling a teat of babies fed with bottle. Children with mixed feeding mix both types of suckling movements. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of infants aged 21-28 days with only maternal feeding or bottle feeding (234 mother-infant pairs), and a randomized open cross-over field trial in newborns aged 21-28 days and babies aged 3-5 months with mixed feeding (125 mother-infant pairs). Primary outcome measures were sucks and pauses. RESULTS: Infants aged 21-28 days exclusively bottle-fed showed fewer sucks and the same number of pauses but of longer duration compared to breastfeeding. In mixed feeding, bottle feeding compared to breastfeeding showed the same number of sucks but fewer and shorter pauses, both at 21-28 days and at 3-5 months. The mean number of breastfeedings in a day (in the mixed feed group) was 5.83 +/- 1.93 at 21-28 days and 4.42 +/- 1.67 at 3-5 months. In the equivalence analysis of the mixed feed group, the 95% confidence interval for bottle feeding/breastfeeding ratio laid outside the range of equivalence, indicating 5.9-8.7% fewer suction movements, and fewer pauses, and shorter duration of them in bottle feeding compared with breastfeeding. CONCLUSIONS: The mechanics of sucking in mixed feeding lay outside the range of equivalence comparing bottle feeding with breastfeeding, although differences were small. Children with mixed feeding would mix both types of sucking movements (breastfeeding and bottle feeding) during the learning stage and adopt their own pattern.

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Consistency in infants' behavioural signalling of satiation during bottle-feeding.

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