Responsive complementary feeding (RCF) vs Other models of complementary feeding (traditional/non-responsive CF)
Physical growth / weight gain · Healthy, term-born, normal-birth-weight infants aged 4-24 months (breastfed and/or formula-fed) in Western industrialized countries
Two RCTs suggest responsive complementary feeding leads to better weight gain in the first two years, though effects were small and not always sustained (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
- Complementary Feeding Caregivers' Practices and Growth, Risk of Overweight/Obesity, and Other Non-Communicable… 2022 All outcomesFirst 2 years (up to 3-5 years) · Outpatient care in Western industrialized (European/Anglo-Saxon) countriesThe results of the two RCTs are consistent and suggest that RF during CF is effective, leading to better weight gain in the first 2 years of life; observational cohort results (2 RCTs and 5 observational studies) were…7 studiesGRADE not reported