تغذيه و تكميلي و برخي عوامل موثر بر آن در استان كهگيلويه و بويراحمد

A Study on Complementary Nutrition and its Related Factors in Kohkiloyeh and Boirahmad Province in 1380

The pattern of infant complementary feeding is related to social and cultural factors of the community. This cross-sectional descriptive study was designed to determine the pattern of infantʹs complementary feeding and its related factors in 12-36 months old children in urban and rural areas of Kohkiloyeh and Boirahmad province in 1380. The results of this study showed that 56.2% of city dweller mothers and 53.3% of country-dweller mothers started the first supplementation of their childrenʹs food at the age of 4-6 months. 31..5% of city-dweller mothers and 32.6% of country-dweller mothers started supplementation of their childrenʹs food earlier than the age of 4 months and 12.3% of urban mothers and 14.1% of rural mothers started supplementation later than the age of 7 months.Urban and rural mothers used similar patterns of complementary feeding: mostly rice - milk, fruit juice, and egg yolk.The mean age of first supplementation was found to be 5.6±3.2 months.Factors which increase the mean age of first supplementation were ruralism, gender (male),illiteracy of father, high literacy of mother and motherʹs employment.