Devezeaux de Lavergne Marine, Thielecke Frank, Antille Nicolas, Fries Lisa R, Ross Carolyn F, Smith-Simpson Sarah
Nestlé Institute of Food Sciences, Nestlé Research, Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland.
Department of Health Promotion, Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences, Brig, Switzerland.
Front Nutr. 2024 Jul 18;11:1419718. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1419718. eCollection 2024.
The introduction of complementary food plays a fundamental role in dietary behaviours later in life. Little is known about the influences of age on food texture acceptance in young Indian children. Thus, the objective of this cross-sectional study was to describe the relationship between age and food texture experiences in young children aged 4-36 months in India from urban areas using a parental-reported survey. This study relies on a face-to-face parent survey, which was conducted comprising 306 children categorised into 9 age groups. Questions focussed on food texture experience considering 16 textures were analysed. Textures such as , , and / were already accepted by more than half of 4-5-month-old infants. In India, / is a more common base texture than . Indeed, was found to be introduced to a majority of infants only from 8 to 9 months onwards. Food textures such as , , and were more likely rejected by the youngest children. With increasing age, the refusal probability of food textures decreased. Our survey showed food texture experiences in Indian children aged from 4 to 36 months. It provides useful insights for parents and healthcare professionals by contributing to the understanding of texture acceptance during the transition to complementary foods.
辅食的引入对儿童后期的饮食行为起着至关重要的作用。关于年龄对印度幼儿食物质地接受度的影响，我们所知甚少。因此，这项横断面研究的目的是通过一项家长报告的调查，描述印度城市地区4至36个月大幼儿的年龄与食物质地体验之间的关系。本研究依赖于一项面对面的家长调查，该调查对306名儿童进行了分类，分为9个年龄组。分析了针对16种质地的食物质地体验的问题。诸如[具体质地1]、[具体质地2]和[具体质地3]等质地，已经被超过半数的4至5个月大婴儿所接受。在印度，[具体质地4]是比[具体质地5]更常见的基础质地。事实上，发现大多数婴儿直到8至9个月大时才开始接触[具体质地5]。诸如[具体质地6]、[具体质地7]和[具体质地8]等食物质地，最年幼的儿童更有可能拒绝。随着年龄的增长，对食物质地的拒绝概率降低。我们的调查显示了印度4至36个月大儿童的食物质地体验。它有助于理解向辅食过渡期间的质地接受情况，为家长和医疗保健专业人员提供了有用的见解。
