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  • Pediatric Nutrition
  • Maternal Health
  • Public Health in Middle-Income Countries

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  • Early childhood malnutrition has lasting health effects, including obesity.
  • Maternal factors influence infant nutrition, but evidence from middle-income countries is scarce.
  • This study focuses on Mexico, a middle-income country, to address this knowledge gap.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between maternal perceptions, feeding practices, and infant nutritional status.
  • To identify specific maternal factors associated with infant malnutrition in Mexico.
  • To inform interventions aimed at improving infant nutrition in similar settings.

Main Methods:

  • 192 mother-infant dyads in northeastern Mexico were studied.
  • Data collected via questionnaires on maternal perceptions and feeding practices, and anthropometric measurements for infants.
  • Statistical analysis, including multiple logistic regression, was used to determine associations.

Main Results:

  • 38% of infants were overweight/obese, 7% underweight.
  • Maternal factors like low self-efficacy, poor perception of infant hunger/satiety cues, and inaccurate infant weight perception were prevalent.
  • Inaccurate maternal weight perception was linked to both underweight (overestimation) and overweight/obese (underestimation) infants.

Conclusions:

  • Inaccurate maternal perception of infant weight is a key factor influencing infant nutritional status.
  • Mexican mothers exhibited limited nutritional knowledge and suboptimal feeding practices.
  • Maternal sleep duration exceeding 8 hours was associated with underweight infants.