Weight in relation to feeding practice among two years old children in Al-Hillah City | Functional Foods in Health and Disease - Online ISSN: 2160-3855; Print ISSN: 2378-7007 Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer Open Menu Functional Foods in Health and Disease - Online ISSN: 2160-3855; Print ISSN: 2378-7007 Home Food Science Publisher Functional Food Center Current Archives About About the Journal Aims and Scope Contact Editing Services Editorial Team Express Peer Review Graphical Abstract Journal Insights Privacy Statement Submissions Announcements Search Search Register Login Home / Archives / Vol. 14 No. 6 (2024): June 2024 / Research Articles Weight in relation to feeding practice among two years old children in Al-Hillah City Authors Mohammed Talib Abed Nuhad Mohammed Kassim Lina Nidhal Sajjad DOI: https://doi.org/10.31989/ffhd.v14i6.1352 Abstract Background: Babies and young children require adequate and high-quality nutrition to grow up healthy and reach their full potential. Breast milk is a baby's healthiest option because it contains all the essential nutrients they need, and it has long been known that breastfeeding is good for both mom and baby. Objectives:  To determine the relationship between mothers' feeding practices and child weight status under two years old. Materials and Methods: A descriptive correlational study design was carried out at Babylon Teaching Hospital for maternity and children and Al Nour Hospital, which was applied from December 2019 to the end of February 2020 as a period for data collection. The sample consisted of (150) mothers admitted with their infants in pediatric wards. The instrument was adopted and finally constructed after an extensive literature review to be ready for data collection and consumed 15-20 minutes with each participant. Results: The study indicated that (76.7%) of mothers have bad feeding practices regarding child feeding, whereas (23.3%) have good feeding practices. In addition to other significant results, our study demonstrates a considerable positive relationship between the mode of feeding and a child's weight. Conclusions: The vast majority of mothers have bad child-feeding practices. There was a significant correlation between the type of feeding and infant weight and a strong association between the mother’s feeding practice and child weight. Keywords: Weight, Feeding practice, Two Years Old Children, Effects, Relation. Downloads [Abstract] [Full Article] Published 2024-06-12 Issue Vol. 14 No. 6 (2024): June 2024 Section Research Articles License Copyright (c) 2024 Functional Foods in Health and Disease This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Authors retain the copyright of their articles and grant the Functional Food Center (FFC) and its journals the right of first publication under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, including commercial use, provided the original author(s) and source are properly credited. Authors may post and share their published work freely, provided that the original publication in this journal is acknowledged. By submitting to this journal, authors confirm that their manuscripts are original, not under consideration elsewhere, and that they hold the necessary rights to grant this license. The Functional Food Center encourages open scientific exchange and allows derivative and extended works, provided attribution to the original publication is maintained. About the Journal      Editing Services      Graphical Abstract      Journal Insights        Submissions        Editorial Team       Privacy Statement        Contact        Current        Archives   Open Journal Systems Hosting and Support by: OpenJournalSystems.com