Infant Feeding Practice and Gut Comfort Study

Infant Feeding Practice and Gut Comfort: a Multi-country, Cross-sectional Observational Study

Multi-country, cross-sectional, observational study in diverse geographic locations all over the world.

This is a cross-sectional single time point study. Infants and caregivers who come to a clinic for a routine health visit who wish to participate in the study by signing the consent form and meet all inclusion criteria/exclusion criteria will be enrolled.

At the visit, a research staff member will assist the parents to complete (i) Feeding Practice and Gut Comfort Questionnaire and (ii) Infant Gastrointestinal Symptom (IGSQ)-13 items. Additionally, infant's anthropometrics (weight, length, head circumference) will be recorded. These anthropometrics will be measured by the researcher as part of the routine visit.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy full term (37-42 weeks of gestation) singleton infant.
• Postnatal age ≥ 6 weeks and ≤ 4 months
• Parent as primary Caregiver and ≥ 18 years old
• Exclusively/predominantly breastfeeding or exclusively/predominantly formula feeding of the same type/brand, for at least the past 2 weeks.
• Evidence of personally signed and dated informed consent document by the infant's parent(s).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Chronic illness necessitating medical follow up
• Acute ongoing or recent (last 2 weeks) illness necessitating medical follow up
• Any known case of food allergy (e.g milk)
• Caregivers who are not likely to comply with the study procedures