Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Observation of Traditional Caregiver-Infant Feeding Behaviours and Porridge and Energy Intakes during One Meal to Define Key Messages for Promoting Responsive Feeding in the Amparafaravola District, Rural Madagascar
Originally published 2022-01-15 · Nutrients
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/nu14020361 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Which signals of hunger and satiety are visible when someone observes one whole meal?
This article examines what observations of a single meal can reveal about responses to infants’ feeding cues. The family decision is how caregivers can preserve an active role for the child within developmentally suitable feeding routines.
Who was studied?
Caregiver–infant pairs observed during a meal in rural Madagascar.
Age / stage: Infancy
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about what observations of a single meal can reveal about responses to infants’ feeding cues?
- Which behaviours were directly recorded, and which interpretations required an inference?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is caregiver–infant pairs observed during a meal in rural Madagascar.
Keep the limits in view
A directly observed meal is one snapshot. It does not establish the infant’s usual eating pattern or the effect of a caregiver strategy over time.
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Yannick Razafindratsima; Andrimampionona Razakandrainy; Sonia Fortin; Charlotte Ralison; Claire Mouquet-Rivier (2022). Observation of Traditional Caregiver-Infant Feeding Behaviours and Porridge and Energy Intakes during One Meal to Define Key Messages for Promoting Responsive Feeding in the Amparafaravola District, Rural Madagascar Nutrients. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14020361
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