Abstract
AbstractPurposeUnderstanding the role of nutrition in the development of children’s physical, mental, and motor abilities.Materials/methodsExamination of visiting nurse reports on feeding habits and perceived developmental delays in infants at 1 year of age between 2010 and 2015.ResultsBetween 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).ConclusionsThe 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.
Highlights
Deviation from the normal course of psycho-motor development of infants and young children has grown to become one of the very serious paediatric problems worldwide [1]
We find a 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)
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
Summary
Deviation from the normal course of psycho-motor development of infants and young children has grown to become one of the very serious paediatric problems worldwide [1]. According to a position statement of the World Health Organization (WHO), the starting point of healthy development and optimal growth of children is breastmilk and, they recommend exclusive breastfeeding from birth until the infant reaches the age of 6 months [9]. It is important to emphasise that breastfeeding is a beneficial factor in the decrease of infant morbidity and mortality, and it boosts the infants’ adaptive, cognitive and bodily development [4, 10,11,12]. Such research studies prove the assumption that the duration of breastfeeding has a positive impact on the development of the infants’ psycho-motor skills as well [13,14,15,16]
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