[Retrospective study on weaning in Rome and its province. Results and critical considerations].

The authors report and comment on the results of an epidemiological retrospective study on weaning. The study was performed in Rome and its province through the administration of a structured interview to the parents of 851 children, aged between 6 months and 3 years. Data show that most children are correctly weaned, in terms of both timing and quality of foods.

[The evaluation of body composition in children by anthropometry and impedance measurement].

Several anthropometric parameters (weight, height, thickness skinfolds, and body circumferences) together with the bioelectric impedance (BIA) were measured in a group of 407 healthy prepuberal children (205 males, mean age +/- SD: 6.8 +/- 1.6 years; 202 females, mean age +/- SD: 6.