Relationship of Morbidity to the Feeding Patterns of Navajo Children from Birth Through Twenty-Four Months

Autor:	FRENCH, JEAN G.
Zdroj:	The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; May 1967, Vol. 20 Issue: 5 p375-385, 11p
Abstrakt:	This study of 139 Navajo infants from birth through 24 months of age shows breast feeding as the feeding pattern of choice in 73% of the babies at birth. Bottle feeding took place in 10% of the babies at birth; the other 17% were on both breast and bottle feedings. The place of birth did not seem to be an important factor in determining the type of feeding at birth, but economic factors might have played an important role in influencing the use of artificial feedings. Weaning did not occur in any of the children until 12 months of age, and after weaning many of the children received no milk. The average age when solid foods were added to the diet was 6-7 months. A food intake history revealed that in general the diets of the children were low in calories. Over half were inadequate in vitamins A and C and possibly other nutrients. Quantitative studies are necessary to determine more precisely the nutritional constituents of the diets of these children.
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