Infant and young child feeding practices and anthropometric outcomes among children under 2 years in the Northern Emirates of the UAE: an analytical cross-sectional study
Mohamed Anas Patni, Moza Saif Hassan Ramadhan Almarzooqi, Fatima Alzahraa Adnan Alhussein, Maryam Mohammed Saeed Mansoor Almansoori, Naeema Saeed Mohamed, Mariam Mohamed Abdalla Mohamed Alrayssi, Rasha Aziz Attia Salama, Subhranshu Sekhar Kar, Rajani Dube, Biji Thomas George, Aamenah Barakat, Mushirabanu Sharifmiyan Akikwala · 2026
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Mohamed Anas Patni and a large team survey feeding and growth among children under two in the northern United Arab Emirates in 2026. Good feeding in the first two years shapes early growth, yet little local evidence existed for Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. Local and expatriate mothers were compared, and feeding habits were linked to weight and length measures.
Questionnaires and child measurements covered three hundred eighty-one mother and child pairs. Knowledge of starting breastfeeding early and feeding only breast milk at first was generally high. Practice lagged behind knowledge, with gaps in sole breastfeeding for six months and in varied, frequent meals for older infants. Early and sole breastfeeding were linked to better weight and length scores, though the one-time survey design cannot prove cause.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mohamed Anas Patni, Moza Saif Hassan Ramadhan Almarzooqi, Fatima Alzahraa Adnan Alhussein, Maryam Mohammed Saeed Mansoor Almansoori, Naeema Saeed Mohamed, Mariam Mohamed Abdalla Mohamed Alrayssi, Rasha Aziz Attia Salama, Subhranshu Sekhar Kar, Rajani Dube, Biji Thomas George, Aamenah Barakat, Mushirabanu Sharifmiyan Akikwala |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46375 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |