[Milk in the diet of children between 7 and 24 months of age].
OBJECTIVE
was to estimate what kind of milk is administrated to children between 7-23 months of age in Poland.


METHODS
the study included 1390 children 13-36 months of age, from 4 different regions in Poland. Data were obtained on the basis of questionnaires filled in by mothers visiting the outpatient clinic.


RESULTS
16.7% of studied population were fed with human milk (9.l% only with human milk, 7.6% received both human milk and formula); 0.03% were fed with cow milk. Regional differences were observed. In the second year of life, 11.44% children were still given human milk, 60.3% -formula and 28.6% - cow milk.


CONCLUSIONS
in Poland, only small percentage of children, older than 6 months, are still breastfed. Considering WHO recommendations, that children should be given human milk till 2nd year of age, breastfeeding recommendations are still to be promoted in our country.
Szlagatys-Sidorkiewicz
Agnieszka
A
Klinika Pediatrii, Gastroenterologii i Onkologii Dzieciecej, Akademia Medyczna, ul. Nowe Ogrody 1-6, 80-803 Gdansk, Poland.
Jankowska
Agnieszka
A
Korzon
Maria
M
Zagierski
Maciej
M
Krzykowski
Grzegorz
G
Korzon
Michał
M
D000818:Animals; D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002417:Cattle; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007229:Infant Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008892:Milk / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008895:Milk, Human; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology