[Supplementary feeding--additional food in daily infant nutrition]. / Prihranjivanje--dodatna hrana u dnevnoj formuli ishrane odojceta.

A group of 707 children aged 1 to 24 months from the territory of Vojvodina (10 rural and urban settlements) was examined regarding additional food (nonmilk and milk food), time of introduction, infant's age and frequency of consumption. It has been concluded that supplementary feeding, including all food, starts early. Fruit and vegetable are introduced at the age of 34 months. As for the introduction of yolk (first given at about 4 months) it differs from the modern attitudes regarding the intake of this food. Milk formulae, meat and chicken liver are usually introduced about the fifth month. Analyses of the type of food and the way of preparation point to some extremities. Special emphasis is given to the environmental specificities which determine the recommendations.

[Hematologic parameter of red blood cells in children up to 2 years of age]. / Hematoloski parametri crvene loze u dece uzrasta do dve godine.

The authors investigated the hematologic parameters in 592 children up to two years of age. By analyzing hemoglobin and hematocrit values, the specific criterions were established for diagnosis of anemia. Iron deficient anemia was found in 12.8% children, which suggest that anemia is still a great health and socioeconomic problem. By examination of every single case, the authors found out that anemia is not a specific entity, but a result of basic aspects of iron metabolism and nutrition.

[Breast feeding--incidence and duration]. / Prirodna ishrana--rasprostranjenost i trajanje.

The frequency and incidence of breast feeding in the region of Vojvodina was analyzed and the development trend of breast feeding was also followed. The paper points out the most important advantages of breast feeding which make human milk the unique food for infants. The material consists of a group of 707 children of the age of 2 to 24 months from the territory of Vojvodina. A semiquantitative poll on nutrition supplied the facts which were computerly processed and presented in tables and graphs. The findings differ somewhat when a subgroup of children on dual-type nutrition (the milk of the mother and another type of milk) was included regarding the term human milk feeding. At the end of the age of one month 77.8% of infants are on breast feeding, although 92.6% get human milk; at the age of three months this amounts to 46.4% in other words to 63.2%. A marked decrease in breast feeding--an abrupt ablactation occurs in the fourth month, and only 30.3% of the subjects remains to be breast fed. The breast feeding trend is followed through mutual curves, with the singling out and presenting of extremes. The linear trend model is given separately for two environments. The segment angle which designates breast feeding i.e. the representation of human milk in daily nutrition clearly differs in the presented samples. The findings are compared with the statements of other authors.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

[Hereditary and congenital defects in children in the regions of Indija-Stara Pazova and Pancevo-Kovin]. / Urodene i prirodene mane u dece regiona Indija-Stara Pazova i Pancevo-Kovin.

An analysis of frequency and range of hereditary and congenital defects was performed in all infants born in the period from January 1 to December 31, 1986 in the Ward for Neonates at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Pancevo and in the out-patient maternity home in Indija and Kovin. In Pancevo 2.559 (1.286 m. and 1.273 f.) newborn infants were born, i.e. there were 2.314 (1.178 m. and 1.136 f.) mature children and 245 (108 m. and 187 f.) premature children. In Indija 367 (180 m. and 187 f.) newborn infants were born, i.e. there were 355 (174 m. and 181 f.) mature children and 12 (6 m. and 6 f.) premature children. In Kovin 146 (65 m. and 81 f.) newborn infants were born, i.e. 150 (82 m. and 68 f.) mature and 10 (1 m. and 9 f.) premature children. A total 3.072 (1.531 m. and 1.541 f.) newborn infants in all three places were born. In all three places there was a total of 2.805 (1.417 m. and 1.387 f.) mature and 267 (115 m. and 152 f.) premature children. In Pancevo 68 children were born with defects (40 m. and 28 f.), i.e. 2.66% (3.11% m. and 2.20% f.). In Indija only one defect was noted in one female child (0.53% related to female newborns).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)