Browsing by Author "Fleming E"

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    Adherence to Infant Feeding Guidelines in the First Foods New Zealand Study.
    (MDPI (Basel, Switzerland), 2023-11-02) Brown KJ; Beck KL; Von Hurst P; Heath A-L; Taylor R; Haszard J; Daniels L; Te Morenga L; McArthur J; Paul R; Jones E; Katiforis I; Rowan M; Casale M; McLean N; Cox A; Fleming E; Bruckner B; Jupiterwala R; Wei A; Conlon C; Rodríguez Martínez G
    Infant feeding guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations to support optimal infant health, growth, and development, and exploring adherence to guidelines is a useful way of assessing diet quality. The aim of this study was to determine adherence to the recently updated Ministry of Health "Healthy Eating Guidelines for New Zealand Babies and Toddlers (0-2 years old)". Data were obtained from First Foods New Zealand, a multicentre observational study of 625 infants aged 7.0-10.0 months. Caregivers completed two 24-h diet recalls and a demographic and feeding questionnaire. Nearly all caregivers (97.9%) initiated breastfeeding, 37.8% exclusively breastfed to around six months of age, and 66.2% were currently breastfeeding (mean age 8.4 months). Most caregivers met recommendations for solid food introduction, including appropriate age (75.4%), iron-rich foods (88.3%), puréed textures (80.3%), and spoon-feeding (74.1%). Infants consumed vegetables (63.2%) and fruit (53.9%) more frequently than grain foods (49.5%), milk and milk products (38.6%), and meat and protein-rich foods (31.8%). Most caregivers avoided inappropriate beverages (93.9%) and adding salt (76.5%) and sugar (90.6%). Our findings indicated that while most infants met the recommendations for the introduction of appropriate solid foods, the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding could be improved, indicating that New Zealand families may need more support.
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    Erratum: Estimating Free and Added Sugar Intakes in New Zealand; Nutrients 2017, 9, 1292
    (MDPI (Basel, Switzerland), 2018-05-18) Kibblewhite R; Nettleton A; McLean R; Haszard J; Fleming E; Kruimer D; Te Morenga L
    The authors have requested that the following changes be made to their paper. In Figure 1, the caption was changed to “Figure 1. 10–step method for estimating free sugars content (adapted from Louie et al. 2015 [14])”. In Appendix A, “This appendix details how we used and adapted the 10-step methodology for estimating added sugars described by Louie et al. 2015 [14] to calculate free sugars in the New Zealand food composition database, based on analytical data on total sugars and ingredients in food products. We used the unmodified Louie method to estimate added sugars in the New Zealand food composition database as reported in this paper” [2] was inserted in front of the Appendix A title. Further, “adapted from Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added after the title. “as per Step 1 of Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added in Step 1. “as per Step 2 of Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added in Step 2. “adapted from Step 3 of Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added in Step 3. “as per Step 4 of Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added in Step 4a; “adapted from Step 4 of Louie et al.2015 [14]” [2] was added in Step 4b. “as per Step 5 of Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added in Step 5. “as per Step 6 of Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added in Step 6. “adapted from Step 7 of Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added in Step 7. “as per from Step 9 of Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added as the last sentence of Step 9. “adapted from Step 10 of Louie et al., 2015 [14]” [2] was added as the last sentence of Step 10.