McNally, Janet; Hugh-Jones, S.; Hetherington, M.M.

dc.contributor.author	McNally, Janet
dc.contributor.author	Hugh-Jones, S.
dc.contributor.author	Hetherington, M.M.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-01-28T10:00:53Z
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-10T13:20:00Z
dc.date.available	2020-01-28T10:00:53Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-10T13:20:00Z
dc.date.issued	2020-05
dc.identifier.citation	McNally J, Hugh-Jones S and Hetherington MM (2020) "An invisible map" - maternal perceptions of hunger, satiation and 'enough' in the context of baby led and traditional complementary feeding practices. Appetite. 148: 104608.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17619
dc.description	Yes
dc.description.abstract	Mothers' responsiveness to hunger and fullness cues has been implicated in the development of infant over-weight, and baby led weaning (BLW) is argued to be one way to protect against overfeeding. Whilst studies have examined maternal perceptions of hunger, fullness and adequate intake to some degree in traditional weaning (TW) contexts, less is known about this in BLW. This study therefore aimed to understand and compare maternal perceptions of cues and intake in BLW and TW. Eleven mothers of infants (7–24m) participated in semi-structured interviews based on discussions of short videos featuring participants feeding their infants. Interviews were read and transcribed in full. Data were selected for coding which addressed mothers' perceptions of infant hunger, fullness and sufficient consumption and subsequently subjected to template analysis. A sample of data was coded to produce an initial template which was applied to all interviews and revised in an iterative process to produce a final template for interpreting findings. Mothers in the study were adept at recognising fullness cues and gauging feeding state. Both groups perceived similar hunger cues although TW mothers reported a wider range of fullness cues. Both groups used numerous strategies for judging the adequacy of their babies’ intake. These included the use of infant cues, however perceived adequacy of intake was also influenced by factors such as infant tiredness and maternal worries about over and under-eating. Findings have implications for the development of responsive feeding interventions while also highlighting the utility of video elicited interviews for understanding feeding interactions.
dc.description.sponsorship	This work was supported by a White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership Economic and Social Research Council PhD studentship (UK) to Janet McNally.
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	© 2020 Elsevier. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
dc.subject	Weaning
dc.subject	Complementary feeding
dc.subject	Baby-led
dc.subject	Feeding cues
dc.title	"An invisible map" - maternal perceptions of hunger, satiation and 'enough' in the context of baby led and traditional complementary feeding practices
dc.status.refereed	Yes
dc.date.application	2020-01-11
dc.type	Article
dc.type.version	Accepted manuscript
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104608
dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.date.updated	2020-01-28T10:00:55Z
refterms.dateFOA	2020-02-10T13:20:47Z
dc.openaccess.status	openAccess
dc.date.accepted	2020-01-10