On the other hand, despite improvement, a large proportion of children in the intervention group presented ECC and S-ECC. This fact and the fact that some targeted feeding practices did not differ across groups indicate that much needs to be
learned about how best to promote healthy eating behavior. Analysis of the feeding practices showed higher compliance with the more objective ones, such as delaying the introduction of sugar, avoiding sweets and maintaining reasonable intervals
between meals, perhaps more easily learned and followed by mothers and children.