Infant Feeding in Asian Families, 1994-1996; Waves 1-5

The survey aimed to: <br> establish the feeding practices in families for infants from birth to 15 months of age;<br> identify the reasons why babies are fed as they are, and determine what influences mothers to make their choices about infant feeding;<br> identify the sources and quality of information and support provided to mothers;<br> examine the growth of babies and relate this to feeding practices. <br> Wave 5 data, made available in this second edition, were collected during the fifth stage of the survey. This fifth wave followed up the Asian children in the study when they were about 2 years old to:<br> evaluate the effect of diet on the development of anaemia in young Asian children;<br> explore the relationship between previous feeding history, current daylight exposure and vitamin D status;<br> assess the impact of infection (indicated by acute phase protein values) on indicators of iron status.<br> <br> The UK Data Archive also holds a series of five-yearly <i>Infant Feeding Surveys, 1985-</i>, conducted using a wider sample across the United Kingdom, under GN 33251.<br>