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Concerns regarding complementary feeding practices among urban Chinese mothers: a focus group study in Xi’an

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, July 2018
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Title
Concerns regarding complementary feeding practices among urban Chinese mothers: a focus group study in Xi’an
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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, July 2018
DOI 10.1186/s41043-018-0151-3
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Xin Liu, Xia Liao, Qiannan Ren, Meng Luo, Lei Yang, Jing Lin, Jie Chang

Abstract

Complementary feeding (CF) is an important determinant of infant growth and development. However, CF practices are influenced by caregivers' perceptions and knowledge. This study aimed to describe perceptions and factors that potentially influence CF practices among Chinese mothers living in Xi'an, a rapidly developing city in China. This focus group study included three discussion groups. Topics related to practices and concerns regarding CF were discussed among women with at least one child aged 4-36 months. A brief questionnaire was used to collect demographic information for mothers and their children. Among study participants, the timing of starting CF for their children varied from age 4 to 8 months. Grain was ranked as the top food for CF, and homemade food was preferred to commercial CF products. Food additives and preservatives were the priority concerns when purchasing commercial baby food, particularly regarding uncertainty about their safety. In terms of nutrition, deficiencies in minerals and vitamins were of major concern. The issue of bio-availability of added nutrients in baby food was also raised during the discussions. Participants showed a strong reliance on information obtained from the Internet via computers or smartphones as their main source of CF knowledge, but felt this information lacked expertise. Participating mothers from Xi'an prefer homemade food for CF to commercial products. More scientific knowledge of CF and related food safety issues should be available, perhaps via Internet-based approaches.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 106 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 15 14%
Researcher 11 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 8%
Student > Master 8 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 5%
Other 8 8%
Unknown 51 48%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 26 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 11%
Social Sciences 5 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Psychology 3 3%
Other 5 5%
Unknown 52 49%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 October 2019.
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#8,266,724
of 25,385,509 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
#218
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#131,052
of 340,712 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
#4
of 5 outputs
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