The Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2016: Study Design and Methods

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition Vol. 148; no. 9S; pp. 1516S - 1524S
• Main Authors: Anater, Andrea S, Catellier, Diane J, Levine, Burton A, Krotki, Karol P, Jacquier, Emma F, Eldridge, Alison L, Bronstein, Katherine E, Harnack, Lisa J, Lorenzana Peasley, Julia M, Lutes, Anne C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2018; American Institute of Nutrition; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adequacy; Adult; Adults; Age; Babies; Breastfeeding & lactation; Caregivers; Child Health; Child, Preschool; Children; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Diet; Diet Surveys; District of Columbia; Eating behavior; eating habits; Educational Status; Ethnicity; Exercise; Family Characteristics; Feeding; Feeding Behavior; Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study; Female; FITS 2016; Food; Food consumption; food intakes; Households; Humans; Infant; Infant Health; Infants; Male; Mental Recall; nutrient intakes; Nutrients; Nutrition; nutritional epidemiology; Physical activity; Preschool children; Recall; Screen Time; Sleep; Supplement: Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2016; Womens health; young children; District of Columbia; nutrient intakes; FITS; Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study; CATI; SNAP; QA; WIC; NDSR; 24-h recall; QC; eating habits; FITS 2016; young children; food intakes; nutritional epidemiology

Diet and feeding patterns during the infant, toddler, and preschool years affect nutrient adequacy or excess during critical developmental periods. Understanding food consumption, feeding practices, and nutrient adequacy or excess during these periods is essential to establishing appropriate recomme...