[Supplementary feeding of 38 Senegalese infants]

A food consumption survey by weighing has been carried out for 3 days in 38 Senegalese infants aged from 6 to 12 months living in the suburbs of Dakar in order to assess the importance of complementary food to cover their nutritional requirements. The recommended dietary allowances in energy and in proteins are satisfied to 49 and 74%, respectively. The other nutritional requirements are covered to the following levels: calcium 38%, iron 24%, vitamin A 39%, B1 51%, B2 43%, PP 82%, C 54%, folates 8%, B12 263%. If we take into account the estimated nutrient intake of breast milk, the recommended dietary allowances in energy and in proteins were satisfied during the survey.