Construction and acceptability of different complementary foods texture in infants and young children aged 6 to 23 months

• Published in: Wei sheng yan jiu Vol. 53; no. 3; p. 396
• Main Authors: He, Menglu, Wei, Yanli, Wu, Qiong, Huang, Conghui, Li, Tiantong, Liu, Yuhe, Zhou, Xuefei, Yuan, Xiaorong, Sun, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.05.2024
• Subjects: China; Female; Food Preferences; Humans; Infant; Infant Food; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Male; China; infant feeding; complementary food; texture and character; acceptability; physical properties of food
• ISSN: 1000-8020
• DOI: 10.19813/j.cnki.weishengyanjiu.2024.03.009

To construct the complementary food texture in infants and young children aged 6 to 23 months, and observe the acceptability of complementary food of different months old infants. Based on the domestic and foreign guidelines, consensus and literatures on complementary feeding, and combined with the characteristics of children's growth and development in China. The complementary food texture index of 6-23 months old infants and young children was constructed. One province was selected in the south and north respectively, one city and one rural area was selected as the observation point in each province. The stratified random sampling principle was adopted in each observation point, 240 infants and young children were selected for the acceptability study. According to the food type, 12 common foods were selected to make the complementary food toolkit. The parents were instructed to make complementary food at home according to the corresponding month age, observe and record the acceptability of single/mixed comp