title: Relationship between physique and food avoidance in infants: a study conducted in a community setting in Japan.
abstract: The relationship between food avoidance during infancy and the growth of Japanese infants in a community health setting has not been well evaluated. In order to assess the growth of infants who avoided either of the three major allergen foods in Japan, eggs, milk or wheat, we employed the results of 4 physical checkups recorded in maternity passbooks and administrated a questionnaire on allergic diseases, height and weight at birth to the guardians of 1,132 infants at the age of 3.5 years. Data was obtained from 890 subjects (78.6%) and 662 subjects (58.5%) who met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. The height, weight and body mass index percentile scores of each subject were calculated. Subjects who avoided either of the three foods at 3.5 years had lower weight percentile scores at 1.5 years, lower height and weight percentile scores at 3.5 years, and lower weight growth rates, compared with the subjects who did not avoid any of the three foods at 3.5 years (P=0.02, 0.03, 0.03, 0.01). The results suggested that there was a negative relationship between physique and food avoidance in infants, and that physical and nutritional assessments are important for food avoiders.
authors: Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University.
authors: Ayako
authors: A
authors: Saruwatari
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Kusunoki
authors: Yurika
authors: Y
authors: Tanaka
authors: Kiyomi
authors: K
authors: Harada
authors: Kiyoko
authors: K
authors: Odani
authors: Sayuri
authors: S
authors: Fukuda
authors: Yukari
authors: Y
authors: Nishi
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Asano
authors: Akane
authors: A
authors: Higashi
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens