Office-based intervention to reduce bottle use among toddlers: TARGet Kids! Pragmatic, randomized trial

Pediatrics
Jonathon L MaguirePatricia Parkin

Abstract

The goal was to determine whether an office-based, educational intervention for parents of 9-month-old children could reduce bottle use and iron depletion at 2 years of age. Between January 2006 and 2007, 251 healthy, 9-month-old infants attending a routine health maintenance visit were assigned randomly to intervention or control groups. Parents in the intervention group were introduced to a 1-week protocol to wean their children from the bottle. Iron depletion (ferritin levels of <10 microg/L) and bottle use at 2 years were assessed. A total of 201 children were monitored to 2 years of age (follow-up rate: 81%). Rates of iron depletion (10 [10%] of 102 children vs 13 [13%] of 99 children; P = .42) and milk consumption of >16 oz (16 [16%] of 102 children vs 17 [17%] of 99 children; P = .7) were not significantly different between the 2 groups at 2 years of age. However, children in the intervention group started using a cup 3 months earlier (9 vs 12 months; P = .001), were weaned from the bottle 4 months earlier (12 vs 16 months; P = .004), and were more than one-half as likely to be using a bottle at 2 years of age (15 [15%] of 102 children vs 39 [40%] of 99 children; P = .0004). This simple intervention administered during a...Continue Reading

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Jun 13, 2012·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Julia MorinisCatherine S Birken
Feb 11, 2014·BMC Pediatrics·Jonathon L MaguireUNKNOWN TARGet Kids! Collaboration
Jun 2, 2015·Public Health Nutrition·Patricia C ParkinStanley Zlotkin
May 6, 2011·The Journal of Pediatrics·Rachel A GoozeRobert C Whitaker
Jul 2, 2014·International Journal of Epidemiology·Sarah CarsleyUNKNOWN TARGet Kids! Collaboration
Oct 18, 2015·Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie·M-F Le Heuzey, C Turberg-Romain
Nov 5, 2013·The Journal of Pediatrics·Karen BonuckChristel Hyden
Dec 17, 2014·Pediatric Emergency Care·Leslie FinkelMark S Wainwright
Aug 4, 2018·Dysphagia·Taylor N CreechDonna R Scarborough
Oct 23, 2018·Maternal & Child Nutrition·Alison K Ventura, Alexandra Hernandez
May 21, 2020·Journal of Child Neurology·Raquel Farias-MoellerLileth Mondok
Aug 30, 2020·Acta Paediatrica·Sasivara Boonrusmee, Sireepatch Cheamsanit

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