He Y N, Zhai F
Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100050, China.
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2001 Sep;30(5):305-7.
The information of complementary foods consumed by 14649 children aged from 4 to 24 months in poor rural areas was analyzed. On average, it was at 6 months old for children to start complementary feeding. Approximately one third of children started complementary feeding at 4-6 months old and 16.4% children were fed cereal foods before 4 months old. Only 50% of children aged 12 months and above consumed vegetables/fruits daily and 38% of them consumed animal foods. However, 15.8% children never ate animal foods, and 20% children were fed formula milk daily after weaning time. The impact of family dietary pattern on children's diet increased along with the growth of children. It is obvious that the irrational food pattern would undermine growth of children and such diet behavior would eventually result in malnutrition. Poor complementary feeding practice in some selected rural areas in China played a negative role on children's growth. Hence, nutrition education to the mothers and caretaker should be emphasized so that to improve their awareness of the importance of good nutrition practice and guide them to feed weaning children reasonably.
对中国农村贫困地区14649名4至24个月儿童的辅食喂养信息进行了分析。儿童平均在6个月时开始添加辅食。约三分之一的儿童在4至6个月时开始添加辅食，16.4%的儿童在4个月前就开始食用谷物类食物。12个月及以上的儿童中，只有50%的儿童每天食用蔬菜/水果，38%的儿童食用动物性食物。然而，15.8%的儿童从未吃过动物性食物，20%的儿童在断奶后每天食用配方奶。家庭饮食模式对儿童饮食的影响随着儿童年龄的增长而增加。显然，不合理的饮食模式会影响儿童的生长发育，这种饮食行为最终会导致营养不良。中国部分农村地区不良的辅食喂养习惯对儿童生长发育产生了负面影响。因此，应加强对母亲和照料者的营养教育，以提高他们对良好营养习惯重要性的认识，并指导他们合理喂养断奶儿童。
