Surveying the relation between the means of infant feeding and motor development in Hungary

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Abstract

Purpose

Understanding the role of nutrition in the development of children’s physical, mental, and motor abilities.

Materials/methods

Examination of visiting nurse reports on feeding habits and perceived developmental delays in infants at 1 year of age between 2010 and 2015.

Results

Between 0 and 6 months of age the lowest number of new cases (4.4/100,000) identified by health screenings can be anticipated among the infants feeding exclusively with breastmilk. We find a similarly low number of identifiable new cases among infants nourished with breastmilk where it is mixed with other nutrients (4.7 new cases) while the most cases of delayed motor development can be anticipated among infants nourished with infant formulae (48.4 new cases).

Conclusions

The role of nutrition in infants’ motor development is vital, especially breastfeeding. Regular health status checks of infants are inevitably required for the adoption of higher-level health-policy decisions which may induce projects, programmes, and strategies aimed at the improvement of health. Thorough documentation and continuous collection of the pertinent data is likewise requisite.

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Author and article information

Contributors

M. Kádár

Journal

Journal ID (publisher-id): 2066

Title: Developments in Health Sciences

Abbreviated Title: DHS

Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó (Budapest )

ISSN (Print): 2630-9378

ISSN (Electronic): 2630-936X

Publication date (Print): 19 April 2021

Publication date (Electronic): 04 March 2021

Volume: 3

Issue: 3

Pages: 65-71

Affiliations

[1 ] National Healthcare Services Centre , Budapest, Hungary

[2 ] Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University , Budapest, Hungary

[3 ] Faculty of Public Health, University of Debrecen , Debrecen, Hungary

[4 ] Department of Dietetics and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University , Budapest, Hungary

[5 ] Clinical Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Debrecen , Debrecen, Hungary

[6 ] Department of Family Care Methodology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University , Budapest, Hungary

[7 ] Department of Paediatrics-Pulmonology, Heim Pál National Paediatric Institute , Budapest, Hungary

[8 ] Borsod Abaúj Zemplén County Central Hospital and University Teaching Hospital, Velkey László Child Health Centre , Miskolc, Hungary

Author notes

[* ]Corresponding author. E-mail: magdolna.kadar@ 123456gmail.com

Article

DOI: 10.1556/2066.2020.00012

SO-VID: 6c033bd6-5014-4f25-a994-796cc5353113

License:

Open Access. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated. (SID_1)

History

Date received : 07 October 2020

Date: 24 November 2020

Date accepted : 09 December 2020

Page count

Tables: 3, Equations: 0, References: 30, Pages: 07

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Medicine,Immunology,Health & Social care,Microbiology & Virology,Infectious disease & Microbiology

Keywords: motor development,layer-specific frequency,visiting health consultant,infant nutrition,parent questionnaires

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Medicine, Immunology, Health & Social care, Microbiology & Virology, Infectious disease & Microbiology

Keywords: motor development, layer-specific frequency, visiting health consultant, infant nutrition, parent questionnaires