广东省4个月婴儿生长状况与喂养模式调查

在广东省的城乡对７７７名４个月的婴儿进行了生长状况与喂养模式的现况调查，与ＷＨＯ推荐的ＮＣＨＳ体格生长标准比较，城市婴儿４个月时其身长与体重的发育良好，而农村婴儿的身长和体重则低于参考标准，也低于同龄的城市婴儿。６４％城市婴儿和９９％的农村婴儿在４个月时仍喂哺母乳，７７％的城市婴儿和５９％的农村婴儿４个月前已经添加了辅助食品，辅助食品的种类有明显的城乡差别，农村辅食质量次于城市。母乳喂养有利于城乡４个月婴儿的体重生长，４个月前添加辅食影响农村婴儿体重生长。应继续在广东城乡提倡母乳喂养，不提倡过早添加辅食，应提高农村婴儿的断奶过渡食品的质量。

GROWTH AND FEEDING PATTERN OF GUANGDONG INFANTS

cross-sectional study of infant growth and feeding practices was con-ducted on 777 infants in urban and rural Guangdong pruvince southern China.In the city of Guangzhou the mean weight-for-age(WAZ),height-for-age(HAZ)and weight for height(WHZ)Z-score of 383 infants were above the NCHS reference median at 4 months.In rural Gaoyao county,both hei-ghts and weights of the 4 months old infants(n=394)were below the NC-HS reference.In Guangzhou 64%of urban infants and 99%of rural infants were breast fed.The use of formula was associated with poorer growth of the urban infants at 4 months than if they were breast fed and given some solid or semisolid supplen1ents.Poor growth of the rural infants by 4 mo-nths,even when breast fed,may reflect in part their lower birth wei-ght compared With urban infants,but also associated with an earlier intro-duction of solid foods and inappropriate complementary foods.However,improved feeding patterns,including the usage of appropriate weaning and complementary foods,are indicated for both urban and rural infants.(This study was funded by International Development of Research Center of Can-ada.)