title: [The nutrition of the nursing mother in light of a study of 200 new mothers].
abstract: Two hundred new mothers who breastfed their babies were followed over a 2-month period. The nursing mothers' diet was monitored with both qualitative and quantitative suggestions according to modern dietary recommendations. A detailed questionnaire allowed the knowledge of new mothers to be analysed in relation the advantages of breast-feeding, desire to breast-feed, possible breast-feeding of the nursing mother herself, early attachment of the baby to the breast, etc. After 2 months, each mother completed a dietary recall showing how her diet had been corrected both quantitatively and qualitatively. The large number of nursing mothers who had given birth spontaneously and were still breastfeeding (72%) compared to 28% of those undergoing cesarean sections revealed, in view of the equal diet followed, a penalising problem relating to a structural deficiency at a hospital level. In the case of cesarean sections in Italian hospitals, the mother does see her newborn baby and therefore put it to the breast before it is 3-4 days old.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Menghetti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marulli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mucedola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montaleone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012384:Rome; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: L'alimentazione della nutrice alla luce di uno studio su 200 neo-mamme.