Specificities of feeding and medical activity of families having infants with chronic nutrition disorders
The objective. To study risk factors of realization of chronic nutrition disorders in infants. Patients and methods. The object of study were families with infants (1 to 3 years old). The observation group and the control group were formed according to the presence or absence of signs of chronic disorders of nutrition at the moment of study and in medical histories, a comparative analysis was performed in these groups. The study had a questionnaire design with the questions referring to aspects of a family's medical activity, state of actual feeding of a child from birth till the present time, food preferences of the family. Results. Infants with dystrophy were predominantly hypotrophic, but a quarter of overweight infants already at their age were more than 30 and more percent overweight. A half of infants with chronic nutrition disorders have signs of iron-deficiency anaemia. Dystrophic infants often have retarded speech development, and lower levels of resistance have been noted. Conclusion. The significance of breastfeeding, timely introduction of supplementary feeding, high medical activities of the family, of the presence of dairy products and fish in a child's diet have been confirmed in the perspective of reducing the incidence of chronic nutrition disorders in infants.