title: Indicators of dietary patterns in Danish infants at 9 months of age.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It is important to increase the awareness of indicators associated with adverse infant dietary patterns to be able to prevent or to improve dietary patterns early on.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the association between a wide range of possible family and child indicators and adherence to dietary patterns for infants aged 9 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  The two dietary patterns 'Family Food' and 'Health-Conscious Food' were displayed by principal component analysis, and associations with possible indicators were analysed by multiple linear regressions in a pooled sample (n=374) of two comparable observational cohorts, SKOT I and SKOT II. These cohorts comprised infants with mainly non-obese mothers versus infants with obese mothers, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A lower Family Food score indicates a higher intake of liquid baby food, as this pattern shows transition from baby food towards the family's food. Infants, who were younger at diet registration and had higher body mass index (BMI) z-scores at 9 months, had lower Family Food pattern scores. A lower Family Food pattern score was also observed for infants with immigrant/descendant parents, parents who shared cooking responsibilities and fathers in the labour market compared to being a student, A lower Health-Conscious Food pattern score indicates a less healthy diet. A lower infant Health-Conscious Food pattern score was associated with a higher maternal BMI, a greater number of children in the household, a higher BMI z-score at 9 months, and a higher infant age at diet registration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Associations between infant dietary patterns and maternal, paternal, household, and child characteristics were identified. This may improve the possibility of identifying infants with an increased risk of developing unfavourable dietary patterns and potentially enable an early targeted preventive support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark; lbbandersen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Louise B B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mølgaard
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
authors.forename: Kim F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Michaelsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark.
authors.forename: Emma M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Carlsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Rasmus
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bro
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
authors.forename: Christian B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Pipper
keywords: SKOT; characteristics; child; dietary patterns; family; maternal; paternal