Patterns of sugar consumption in early infancy

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Patterns of sugar consumption in early infancy were investigated in a rural area in Britain. A representative group of 94 mothers of 1st babies aged 8-11 mo. answered questions on the introduction of various foods and drinks containing sugar to their babies'' diet. A diet sheet was completed to estimate the frequency of sugar consumption on the previous day for the mother and her child. Babies received sweet items on an average of 4.3 separate occasions, and 77% of the meals and snacks given to babies contained sugar. Some of the specific ways in which sugar was first introduced were described and apparently the frequency of sugar consumption is high, even in the 1st yr of life.

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