[Relashionship between the mother's educational level and child feeding in a series of preschool children in Bacau Town].
Child growth and development are decisively influensed by feeding. This depends on parent's financial resources and food habits, most often tradition-related.


OBJECTIVE
To determine how important mother's educational level is in this respect.


METHODS
The study was carried out on a series of 153 preschool children from two kindergartens in Bacău town. Their parents filled out a questionnaire on the frequency of weekly food consumption.


RESULTS
64.5% of the mothers of the children included in this study had a higher education. Most children had milk 4-7 times a week, cheese 2-3 times a week, eggs and chicken 2-3 times a week, and fruits 4-7 times a week. The diffrences in feeding provided by mothers with higher education and those less educated were statistically insignificant, food habits being quite similar.


CONCLUSIONS
A good knowledge of food habits in a poplation is essential for developing programs aimed at changing the unhealthy ones.
Facultatea de Medicină, Universităţii de Medicină si Farmacie "Grigore T. Popa", Iaşi.
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Indrei
D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D002611:Cheese / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002645:Chickens; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003611:Dairy Products / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004531:Eggs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008892:Milk; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*; D010290:Parents; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014675:Vegetables