Responsive complementary feeding (RCF) vs usual care
Z score BMI · Healthy, term-born, normal-birth-weight infants aged 4-24 months (breastfed and/or formula-fed) in Western industrialized countries
In one RCT, responsive complementary feeding lowered BMIz at 13 months versus control (0.23 vs 0.42, p=0.01; low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Complementary Feeding Caregivers' Practices and Growth, Risk of Overweight/Obesity, and Other Non-Communicable… 2022 All outcomes13 months · Outpatient care in Western industrialized (European/Anglo-Saxon) countriesRisk of overweight and obesity after 13 mo (RCT, BMIz): DANIELS 2012 - children in the intervention group had a lower BMIz at 13 months than controls (0.23 +/- 0.93 vs 0.42 +/- 0.85; p = 0.01); 698 (1 RCT); Low.1 study · 698 participantsLow