Colombian retrospective study of the association between breastfeeding duration and eating behaviors

Authors

• , Universidad del Norte - ColombiaFollow
• Elsa Lucia Escalante-Barrios, Universidad del Norte, Atla´ ntico, ColombiaFollow
• Sonia Suarez Enciso, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
• Jesús Estrada, Universidad del Norte - ColombiaFollow
• Marilyn Anturi Linero, Universidad del Norte - ColombiaFollow
• Alejandra Hérdenez, Universidad del Norte - ColombiaFollow

ORCID IDs

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2948-4224

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0776-6733

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-4461

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5056-585X

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2780-7176

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7120-0737

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2020

Citation

Journal of Childhood, Education & Society Volume 1, Issue 1, 2020, pp. 78-86 ISSN: 2717-638X DOI: 10.37291/2717638X.20201131

Comments

2020 Journal of Childhood, Education & Society

Abstract

The current retrospective cross-sectional study included 175 Colombian caregivers of children ranging between 24 and 59 months old (M=47.08, SD=7.08) enrolled in childcare centers located in the Caribbean region. 58% of the children are male, and all of them belong to low-income families. Breastfeeding duration ranged between children’s 0 to 37 months old (M=10.84, SD=8.48); 64 of them had exclusive breastfeeding for during their first 6 months (i.e., no fed with bottle). Results showed that the variance of Food Responsiveness explained by the model was 2% (R2=.02, F(3,161)=1.081, p=.359). Breastfeeding duration did not significantly predict Food Responsiveness (β=-.004, p=.219), as well as age (β=.004, p=.346) and gender (β=.056, p=.354) did not significantly explain the dependent variable. Likewise, Satiety Responsiveness variance was not explained by duration of breastfeeding (β=.002, p=.548), age (β=.003, p=.489), and gender (β=.040, p=.561). Overall, the explained variance was less than 1% (R2=.008, F(3,161)= .428, p=.733). Breastfeeding duration does not significantly change the child’s likelihood of being unhealthy (β=-.010, p=.616), while being male and getting older increase the odds of being healthy. Future directions and limitations are discussed.