Impact of a Modified Version of Baby-Led Weaning on Infant Food and Nutrient Intakes: The BLISS Randomized Controlled Trial

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dc.citation.issue6
dc.citation.volume10
dc.contributor.authorWilliams Erickson L
dc.contributor.authorTaylor RW
dc.contributor.authorHaszard JJ
dc.contributor.authorFleming EA
dc.contributor.authorDaniels L
dc.contributor.authorMorison BJ
dc.contributor.authorLeong C
dc.contributor.authorFangupo LJ
dc.contributor.authorWheeler BJ
dc.contributor.authorTaylor BJ
dc.contributor.authorTe Morenga L
dc.contributor.authorMcLean RM
dc.contributor.authorHeath A-LM
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-06T23:15:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-04T01:40:28Z
dc.date.available2018-06-05
dc.date.available2023-07-06T23:15:14Z
dc.date.available2023-09-04T01:40:28Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-07
dc.description.abstractDespite growing international interest in Baby-Led Weaning (BLW), we know almost nothing about food and nutrient intake in infants following baby-led approaches to infant feeding. The aim of this paper was to determine the impact of modified BLW (i.e., Baby-Led Introduction to SolidS; BLISS) on food and nutrient intake at 7⁻24 months of age. Two hundred and six women recruited in late pregnancy were randomized to Control (n = 101) or BLISS (n = 105) groups. All participants received standard well-child care. BLISS participants also received lactation consultant support to six months, and educational sessions about BLISS (5.5, 7, and 9 months). Three-day weighed diet records were collected for the infants (7, 12, and 24 months). Compared to the Control group, BLISS infants consumed more sodium (percent difference, 95% CI: 35%, 19% to 54%) and fat (6%, 1% to 11%) at 7 months, and less saturated fat (-7%, -14% to -0.4%) at 12 months. No differences were apparent at 24 months of age but the majority of infants from both groups had excessive intakes of sodium (68% of children) and added sugars (75% of children). Overall, BLISS appears to result in a diet that is as nutritionally adequate as traditional spoon-feeding, and may address some concerns about the nutritional adequacy of unmodified BLW. However, BLISS and Control infants both had high intakes of sodium and added sugars by 24 months that are concerning.
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dc.identifierARTN 740
dc.identifier.citationNUTRIENTS, 2018, 10 (6)
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu10060740
dc.identifier.elements-id440570
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/19836
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.relation.isPartOfNUTRIENTS
dc.rights(c) The author/s CC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBaby-Led Weaning
dc.subjectBaby-Led Introduction to SolidS
dc.subjecttraditional spoon-feeding
dc.subjectcomplementary feeding
dc.subjectinfants
dc.subjectnutrient intake
dc.subjectfood intake
dc.subject.anzsrc0908 Food Sciences
dc.subject.anzsrc1111 Nutrition and Dietetics
dc.titleImpact of a Modified Version of Baby-Led Weaning on Infant Food and Nutrient Intakes: The BLISS Randomized Controlled Trial
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Health
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Health/Research Centre for Hauora and Health
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