Breastfeeding, complementary feeding, physical activity, screen use, and hours of sleep in children under 2 years during lockdown by the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile

Bustos-Arriagada, Edson; Etchegaray-Armijo, Karina; Liberona-Ortiz, Ángelo; Duarte-Silva, Lissette

Breastfeeding, complementary feeding, physical activity, screen use, and hours of sleep in children under 2 years during lockdown by the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile

dc.contributor.author	Bustos-Arriagada, Edson
dc.contributor.author	Etchegaray-Armijo, Karina
dc.contributor.author	Liberona-Ortiz, Ángelo
dc.contributor.author	Duarte-Silva, Lissette
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-17T16:50:10Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-17T16:50:10Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05-30
dc.description.abstract	Infants and children are a risk group in terms of developing healthy habits, an important aspect if we consider that many of them were born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objective was to evaluate compliance with lifestyle recommendations proposed at the national and international levels in children aged 0 to 23 months during confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile. A cross-sectional study was conducted, and 211 online questionnaires were completed with sociodemographic and lifestyle information of children. Our results show high compliance with the recommendations on breastfeeding intake (78.3% and 69.5% in 0–5-month-old and 6–23-month-old children, respectively); age of starting complementary feeding (87.4%); non-consumption of salt and sugar (80.1%), non-caloric sweeteners (90.7%), and sweet and salty snacks (68.9%); and hours of physical activity (66.8%) and sleep (65.4%). However, we observed low compliance with the recommendations on the age of introduction of dinner (58.0%), eggs (23.0%), legumes (39.2%), and fish (35.1%); low consumption of legumes (43.4%) and fish (20.5%); and low compliance with the recommendations on screen use during meals (59.2%) and daily screen hours (41.2%). In conclusion, feeding behavior, physical activity, use of screens, and hours of sleep in children were altered by confinement during the pandemic, harming the development of healthy lifestyles.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This research did not receive external funding. The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Universidad Finis Terrae Bioethics Committee (protocol code: #30-11-2021; date of approval: 9 August 2021).	es
dc.identifier.citation	Children, Vol. 9, N°6, 819 (2022) p. 1-10.
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060819
dc.identifier.issn	2227-9067
dc.identifier.orcid	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4698-1425
dc.identifier.orcid	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8536-3729
dc.identifier.orcid	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8893-4569
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12254/2517
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	MDPI	es
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Chile (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 CL)
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/cl/
dc.subject.other	COVID-19	en
dc.subject.other	Infants	en
dc.subject.other	Children	en
dc.subject.other	Breastfeeding	en
dc.subject.other	Complementary feeding	en
dc.subject.other	Lifestyles	en
dc.subject.other	Obesity	en
dc.title	Breastfeeding, complementary feeding, physical activity, screen use, and hours of sleep in children under 2 years during lockdown by the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile	en
dc.type	Artículo	es