The Effect of Baby-Led Weaning and Traditional Complementary Feeding Education on Infant Development

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Infant Development; Obesity, Infant; Nutrition, Healthy; Growth; Complementary Feeding; Anemia, Iron Deficiency
• Interventions: Other: Baby-Led Weaning (BLW); Other: Traditional Complementary Feeding (TCF)

• Registration Number: NCT05771324
• Lead Sponsor: Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Brief Summary

The goal of this \[type of study: clinical trial\] is to compare compare the nutrition, development, obesity risk and anemia risk of the infant with the BLW method and TCF method given to the mothers of infants who have switched to complementary feeding. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are:

* Does the training on the GTB and BLW method given in accordance with the developmental age of the baby in months have an effect on the feeding and development of the babies in both groups?

* Does the training on the GTB and BLW method given in accordance with the developmental age of the baby in months have an effect on the obesity risk and anemia risk of babies in both groups?

Participants will participate in each session of the complementary nutrition trainings given in accordance with their age on a monthly basis and will provide a diet suitable for the trainings.

Researchers will compare the nutritional parameters, developmental levels, and height and weight gains of infants fed with the BLW and TCF method to see the effect of complementary feeding education on the nutrition and development of infants and whether there is anemia and obesity risk.

Detailed Description

Regarding the basic questions that the study aims to answer;

Micronutrient intake, hemoglobin, ferritin and vitamin B12 levels were evaluated to examine the effects of the trainings on infant nutrition.

Physical, cognitive, psychosocial, language, motor and game development levels of infants were evaluated in order to examine the effects of training on infant development.

Weight gain, WLZ, LAZ and WAZ scores of infants were evaluated to examine the effects of the education given on obesity risk.

Hemoglobin, hematocrit and ferritin levels were evaluated to examine the effects of the training given on the risk of anemia.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-18
• Primary Completion: 2021-04-18
• Study Completion: 2022-04-18
• Study First Submitted: 2023-02-05
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-04
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

for mothers;

• The fact that the mothers came to the center where the research will be conducted for routine baby follow-up and vaccination follow-up.
• Mothers' willingness to participate in the research
• Absence of any communication problems
• The mothers must be at least 19 years old.
• Mothers have no physical or mental disability

for babies;

. Babies must be at least 4 months and maximum 6 months old when they are included in the study.

• Complementary feeding not yet started
• Babies being fed only with breast milk
• Babies not born before 38 weeks of gestation
• Absence of a congenital anomaly
• Absence of any digestive and neurological system diseases that may affect nutrition

Exclusion Criteria

• Infants and mothers who did not meet the inclusion criteria were not included in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Baby-Led Weaning (BLW)	Baby-Led Weaning (BLW)	The group named for infants who received complementary feeding education with the BLW method and who were fed with the BLW method.
Traditional Complementary Feeding (TCF)	Traditional Complementary Feeding (TCF)	The group named for infants who received complementary nutrition education with the TCF method and who were fed with the TCF method.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Effect on infant growth	Examining the change at 12 months	BMI of babies were used as growth criteria. In addition, Z-score values for BMI were examined according to WHO standards.
Effect on infant developmenter parameter	Examining the change at 12 months	In the evaluation of infant development, motor developmental evaluation criteria used as standard in the national infant follow-ups of the T.C. Ministry of Health were used.
Effect on infant anemia and iron deficiency	Examining the change at 12 months.	Iron levels in infants were examined.
Effect on infant obesity risk	Examining the change at 12 months.	The 12-month BMI distributions of the groups were analyzed.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Early transition to solid food	Examining the change at 12 months.	Solid food intake time in infants in both groups was evaluated as months
Early transition to self feeding	Examining the change at 12 months	Self feeding time in infants in both groups was evaluated as months
Early transition to family meals	Examining the change at 12 months.	Family meals time in infants in both groups was evaluated as months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ZonguldakBEU; 🇹🇷 Zonguldak, Turkey