Determinant factors of weight status among under two years children received the complementary feeding program

Abstract

ObjectiveThe study explored determinant factors of weight status among children aged 12–24 months who received complementary feeding program of the Ministry of Health in Luwu Timur, South Sulawesi Province. MethodsThe study used case–control design. It involved 82 children from poor families who received complementary feeding program. Forty-one children as a case group with constant body weight and forty-one children as a control group with increasing body weight within the last two months selected with a purposive sampling technique. ResultsExclusive breastfeeding (OR=3.485; 95% CI=1.380–8.798), the duration of complementary feeding consumption (OR=0.299; 95% CI=0.095–0.939), history of diarrhea (OR=3.071; 95% CI=1.174–8.028) and milk consumption pattern (OR=0.233; 95% CI=0.069–0.791) were significant determinant of body weight status. Exclusive breastfeeding was the most dominant variable for body weight status (B=6.152). ConclusionsExclusive breastfeeding during the first six months is crucial to support complementary feeding programs in increasing the body weight status of children aged 12–24 months.