title: [Infant nutrition in Switzerland 1978. A prospective study on feeding habits during the first 6 months. II. Artificial feeding].
abstract: The term "artificial feeding" includes a) the various infant formulas (including homemade formulas) substituting or supplementing mother's milk; b) the so-called "Beikost", i.e. minor additions to mothers milk or formula, such as fruit juices, fruit, meat and eggs; c) solid foods replacing part of the liquid food after a few weeks or months (weaning food). The use of these preparations in no- or partially-breastfed infants was studied and correlated with various socioeconomic parameters. The most striking observations were (1) during the first three months a decline in homemade formulas in favour of adapted readymade preparations; (2) a reduction in milk-cereal preparations with an increase in the use of yoghurt. Both trends reduce the carbohydrate content of the food. Except for breast-feeding, there are only minor differences in feeding habits between different socioeconomic classes. 96% of all infants received prophylactic doses of vitamin D, while 81% were given fluorides as prophylaxis against caries. On average the first gliadins were given after 16 weeks, in 10% earlier than the sixth week and in 16% after the sixth month only.
mesh_terms: D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D002523:Edible Grain; D005459:Fluorides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005526:Food, Formulated; D005903:Gliadin; D006801:Humans; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008895:Milk, Human; D012279:Rickets / Q000517:prevention & control; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013557:Switzerland; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015014:Yogurt
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; D005903:Gliadin; D005459:Fluorides
vernacular_title: Die Säuglingsernährung in der Schweiz 1978 Eine prospektive Studie über die Ernährungsgewohnheiten in den ersten 6 Lebensmonaten II. Teil: Die künstliche Ernährung.