[Models of feeding for healthy children]

The subject of this study was to present dietary guidelines for healthy children recommended by the National Research Institute of Mother and Child. For infants breastfeeding is optimal. All infants should be exclusively breastfed until 6 months of age. Complementary food should be introduced in the 7th month of life according to infants' feeding schedule. Modified cow's milk formulas and complementary food are recommended in non-breastfed infants' nutrition. In all medical institutions infants' feeding should comply with these recommendations. The basis of rational nutrition of young children is high quality and safe food with reference to its nutritional value. Adequate choice of food products, variety of diet and meal frequency is the basis of proper nutrition and proper nutritional habits. Regular eating of 3-4 meals per day, avoiding products rich in fat, sugar, salt, cholesterol, as well as increasing physical activity, are recommended in dietary guidelines for school children. The recommended models should be much more effectively implemented in paediatricians' practice and should be the basis for postgraduate training for doctors, nurses and midwives as well.