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
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2022
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MDPI
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2227-9067
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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.
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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).
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