title: [Acute enteritis and dietetic errors in the first 6 months of life].
abstract: The dietary habits of 174 infants under 6 months old and suffering from enteritis were analysed revealing a high incidence of feeding errors (almost always feeding with artificial formulas, wrong concentration of milk powder, failure to sterilise the bottle and the water used to dilute the milk, too early administration of undiluted, unboiled bottled cow's milk, too early and incorrect weaning). Such mistakes appeared to be linked to the poor economic and sociocultural conditions of the families concerned. It is claimed that dietary errors conditioned by the poor economic and sociocultural conditions encountered may have favoured the onset of enteritis and that the adequate prophylaxis of acute infantile enteritis will depend on improving people's dietary habits and living conditions.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cataldo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Violante
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bellia
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Traverso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D004751:Enteritis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008892:Milk / Q000009:adverse effects; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Enteriti acute ed errori dietetici nei primi 6 mesi di vita.