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Background: It is important to increase the awareness of indicators associated with adverse
infant dietary
patterns to be able to prevent or to improve dietary patterns early on.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between a wide range of possible
family and
child indicators and adherence to dietary patterns for infants aged 9 months.
Design: The two dietary patterns ‘Family Food’ and ‘Health-Conscious Food’ were displayed by
principal
component analysis, and associations with possible indicators were analysed by multiple linear
regressions
in a pooled sample (n374) of two comparable observational cohorts, SKOT I and SKOT II. These
cohorts
comprised infants with mainly non-obese mothers versus infants with obese mothers, respectively.
Results: A lower Family Food score indicates a higher intake of liquid baby food, as this pattern
shows
transition from baby food towards the family’s food. Infants, who were younger at diet registration and
had
higher body mass index (BMI) z-scores at 9 months, had lower Family Food pattern scores. A lower
Family
Food pattern score was also observed for infants with immigrant/descendant parents, parents who
shared
cooking responsibilities and fathers in the labour market compared to being a student, A lower
Health-
Conscious Food pattern score indicates a less healthy diet. A lower infant Health-Conscious Food
pattern
score was associated with a higher maternal BMI, a greater number of children in the household, a
higher BMI
z-score at 9 months, and a higher infant age at diet registration.
Conclusions: Associations between infant dietary patterns and maternal, paternal, household, and
child
characteristics were identified. This may improve the possibility of identifying infants with an
increased risk of
developing unfavourable dietary patterns and potentially enable an early targeted preventive
support.