title: [Nutrition in the first days of life: how many infants need supplemental food?].
abstract: A prospective study of 280 consecutive newborns (birth weight greater than 2500 g) showed that on discharge from hospital 88.5% were fully and 8.6% partly breastfed. Only 8 children (2.9%) were weaned. In the group of the fully breastfed infants, 8.5% received no prelacteal food or fluid, 85.9% received a 10% dextromaltose (DM) solution and in only 5.6% of the children was there additional feeding with an adapted milk formula for some days. This restrictive attitude concerning supplemental feeding involved no observable drawbacks. The increasing incidence of atopic diseases--especially cow's milk allergy, the evolution of which is essentially promoted by the administration of foreign proteins in the first days of life--justifies a feeding policy on these lines. The elimination of bovine proteins in the newborn period is of considerable preventive significance. On the other hand, restriction of water supply (10% DM solution) is not advisable in our opinion.
authors.affiliation: Pädiatrische Klinik, Kinderspital Luzern.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tönz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schubiger
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D008320:Maltose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000009:adverse effects; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D008894:Milk Proteins; D008320:Maltose; D005947:Glucose
vernacular_title: Ernährung in den ersten Lebenstagen: Wie viele Kinder brauchen eine Zusatznahrung?