[Regional analysis of infant nutrition during the 1st 3 months of life]
Padiatrie Und Padologie
|January 1, 1983
Abstract:
A feeding survey was conducted amongst 100 infants during the first three months of life, from December 1980 to August 1981. If breast milk was not available, infants were fed with adapted nutrition. Recommended nutrition was changed in 62 infants, 30% within the first four weeks and 70% between six and ten weeks. Partially adapted nutrition was used by mothers most frequently, while breast milk and mixed milk feeding decreased to 42%. The different findings and causes of changes in the nutrition are discussed.
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