Rearing of Swedish, Norwegian, and Norwegian Sami children.
A total of 362 3-yr-old Swedish, Norwegian, and Norwegian Sami (Lapp) children were examined, and their parents were asked about their children's present and previous sucking habits and how long they had been breast-fed and bottle-fed. They were also asked what the children's age was when porridge or puréed food or food with a soft chewing resistance was introduced, and when more ordinary foods such as well-diced meat and potatoes were introduced. The study revealed that breast-feeding has increased greatly both in prevalence and in duration in Sweden during the last decades. Despite this, Swedish children were breast-fed for a significantly shorter time than Norwegian children. The longest breast-feeding times were noted for Sami children. Swedish children were bottle-fed two to three times longer than Norwegian children. Sucking habits were correlated to breast-feeding only for Sami children.
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Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Lund, Sweden.
Ogaard
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Lindsten
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D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000208:ethnology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000209:etiology; D009664:Norway; D013391:Sucking Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors