complementary feeding practices in mexico vary according to medical experience and family history of atopy

Background: complementary feeding (cf) practices continue to be a topic of debate .this study aims to analyze pediatricians' cf practices for infants in mexico based on their years of experience and family history of atopy.methods: members of a pediatrics association completed an online survey regarding cf practices. pediatricians were divided into two groups based on their years of medical practice (<10 and ≥10 years). simple and multivariate correspondence analyses were conducted.results: a total of 133 pediatricians participated, with 60% being women, a mean age of 48.3 years, and an average medical practice experience of 19.8 years. the recommended first food for infants varied based on years of pediatric practice: meat or no preference (0–10 years), fruits (21–30 years), and vegetables (≥21 years) (p = 0.017). in terms of who should decide the order of food introduction responses were the family (0–10 years) or the pediatrician (≥21 years) (p = 0.004). pediatricians in public healthcare primarily recommended introducing one new food every two days (p = 0.007). multivariate analyses revealed that having ≥ 10 years of experience was positively associated with recommending fruits as the first food to introduce (or = 3.5, 95% ci: 1.56–7.93, p = 0.002) and negatively associated with recommending meat as the first food (or = 0.26, p = 0.014).