Impact of early food intervention on breastfeeding rates and dietary diversity
Breastfeeding rates from birth until 12 mo did not differ significantly between the FI (early introduction of peanut, milk, wheat, and egg) and the NFI group (Kaplan–Meier curve showing no significant difference in breastfeeding rates (%) between the Food Intervention and No Food Intervention groups from 0 to 12 mo in 2059 infants. The table shows the percentage of breastfed infants each month in both groups from 0 to 12 mo.Significantly fewer infants in the NFI group consumed dairy products, peanuts, other nuts, egg foods, and pure egg at 6 mo compared with infants in the FI group (Excluding interventional foods, the mean dietary diversity score (number of food categories consumed) was similar in the FI compared with the NFI group at 6 mo (3.4 [SD 1.9] compared with 3.5 [SD 1.9], respectively). However, the dietary diversity score was significantly higher in the FI group compared with the NFI group at 9 and 12 mo of age (Effect of early interventional food introduction on dietary diversity scoreno imputationDietary diversity score in infants categorized by Food Intervention compared with No Food Intervention groups at 6, 9, and 12 mo of age. The x-axis represents the total number of food items introduced. The y-axis presents the number of infants. (A) Dietary diversity score at 6 mo (