A Study oil the Status of Weaning Diet in Infant

Keimyung Medical Journal 1990;9(1):43-50.

대구지역 영유아의 이유실태에 관한 조사

정순영; 김팔동; 차홍대; 강진무

Abstract

Breast feeding is recognized as the ideal method of providing nutrition for the first year of life but infant needed additional supply of nutrition other than mi{k from 5-6 months of iife for providing good nutrition. The weaning diet should he started in proper time to fullfill these purpose. This study was carried out to find out present status of weaning in infant and to give a good guidelines to the mothers who take care of the infants who are ready to start weaning diet. Five hundred mothers who visited well baby clinic of Dong San Hospital; Keimyung University from January to July 1989 answered to ！ he questions for weaning status. The results of the questions were analysed and obtained following results. Weaning was started at 3 months of age in 24.4쩟 of the infants and 76.6성 started between three and six months of age. Weaning was completed at 12 months in 59.0상. 47.6다 of the mother offered commercial foods and 31.091 used home made foods. The most frequently used foods for initial weaning diet was fruit(71.6^f) followed by the cereals(20.2c/f). The beef(74.3'7f) was the most commolv used among meats; apple(5o.8휜) amon^ fruits and spinach(53;8%) among vegetables. The main source of obtaining knowledge about weaning were the book on childcare(28.49f) and the newspaper or television(22.3%). The problem following weaning were mainly gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea{21.7%); constipation (14.7%) and vomiting (9.2어 )