The importance of infant nutrition feeding to children's healthy growth
Infant nutritional feeding contains three meanings. "Infant" refers to the stage from birth to three years old; "Nutrition" mainly emphasizes the sufficiency and balance of nutrients, including the intake of protein, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, water and dietary fiber; "Feeding" emphasizes breastfeeding, adding complementary food, reasonable diet and the cultivation of eating behavior in this period.
This period is the most important stage in the first 1000 days of life. Scientific feeding and rich nutrition are beneficial to children's health and lay a good foundation for their lifelong development. Therefore, raising parents' awareness is conducive to adopting scientific feeding behavior, improving children's nutritional status, reducing children's malnutrition and preventing diseases.
Common problems faced by infant nutrition feeding
Reasons for advocating exclusive breastfeeding for 0.6-month-old infants
Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for infants' growth and development, with the best bioavailability, which can meet all the needs of infants' growth and development within 6 months. In addition, breast milk is rich in immunocompetent substances, which can improve the immune ability of babies on the one hand, thus reducing the risk of children suffering from colds, diarrhea, pneumonia and other diseases; On the other hand, the process of breastfeeding itself can enhance the parent-child relationship and promote the development of children's nervous system, which is of great benefit to children's physical and mental health.
Moreover, the biggest feature of breastfeeding is personalized customization: the mother's milk itself is prepared for the baby, which can adapt to the actual needs of the baby and better help the child grow and develop.
Breastfeeding is not only good for children, but also good for mothers. For example, early breastfeeding can promote mother's uterine contraction and reduce postpartum hemorrhage; Long-term breastfeeding can reduce the risk of diseases such as ovarian cancer and breast cancer. Because the occurrence of tumor is often related to the mother's endocrine environment, breastfeeding can regulate the mother's internal environment, thus reducing the risk of cancer.
Therefore, breast milk can meet the needs of infants at different growth stages in nutritional value and biological function, and it is irreplaceable for formula milk.
This article was scientifically checked by Wang Danhua, chief physician of pediatrics of Peking Union Medical College Hospital of China Academy of Medical Sciences, Zack Zhang, deputy director of the Department of Child Health of Maternal and Child Health Hospital of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Ma Yang, deputy director of the Child Health Center of Beijing Children's Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University.