NCT00629629

Impacts of the 10 Steps for Healthy Feeding in Infants: a Randomized Field Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 500 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study assesses the effectiveness of a nutrition advice programme - The ten steps for healthy feeding of children under two years old - on nutritional status, diet, and morbidity history of children. This is a randomized controlled trial in mostly socioeconomic deprived families (intervention=200; controls=300). Mothers of the intervention group received dietary counseling in the first year of life. Both groups received routine care by their paediatricians and research assessment at 6 and 12 months, 4 years, 8 years and 12 years of age.

Conditions

• Anemia
• Breast Feeding, Exclusive
• Overweight and Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Dietary Advice	Step 1 - Provide Exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 mo. Step 2- After 6 mo, gradually introduce complementary foods and continue breastfeeding up to 2 y or more. Step 3 - Complementary foods should be given 3 times a day (cereals, beans, fruits, and vegetables) if the child is breastfed, and 5 times a day if not. Step 4- Mealtimes must be adjusted to the children's cues of hunger and satiety. Step 5: Foods should gradually get thicker up to the time when the child is able to eat a family meal. Complementary foods should not be liquefied. Step 6: A large variety of healthy foods should be given daily to guarantee the intake of different nutrients. Step 7: Different fruits and vegetables should be offered daily. Step 8: Sugar, sweets, soft drinks, salty snacks, cookies, and processed and fried foods must be avoided. Step 9: Good hygiene practices in food preparation and handling. Step 10: Adequate feeding during child illness.

Timeline

• Start date: 2001-10-01
• Primary completion: 2002-10-01
• Completion: 2015-05-01
• First posted: 2008-03-06
• Last updated: 2022-10-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil