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SUBMITTER: Toh JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4882706 | biostudies-other | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Toh Jia Ying JY Yip Grace G Han Wee Meng WM Fok Doris D Low Yen-Ling YL Lee Yung Seng YS Rebello Salome A SA Saw Seang-Mei SM Kwek Kenneth K Godfrey Keith M KM Chong Yap-Seng YS Chong Mary Foong-Fong MF
Nutrients 20160513 5
The optimal introduction of complementary foods provides infants with nutritionally balanced diets and establishes healthy eating habits. The documentation of infant feeding practices in multi-ethnic Asian populations is limited. In a Singapore cohort study (GUSTO), 842 mother-infant dyads were interviewed regarding their feeding practices when the infants were aged 9 and 12 months. In the first year, 20.5% of infants were given dietary supplements, while 5.7% took probiotics and 15.7% homeopath ...[more]