[Dietetic treatment in infants with food allergy].

Prevalence of food allergy and variability of symptoms in infants is described. Proposals concerning dietetic treatment underlining the importance of breastfeeding, indications for proteins hydrolysate and for meat-vegetable diet introduction are presented. Feeding schedule for infants with food allergy is also included.

[Water in children's diet].

Water is one of the main dietary components. Its quality plays an important role for the safety of food particularly for infants. For the youngest children the groundwater free of chemical and microbiological pollution and with the proper chemical composition can be used.

[Models of feeding for healthy children].

The subject of this study was to present dietary guidelines for healthy children recommended by the National Research Institute of Mother and Child. For infants breastfeeding is optimal. All infants should be exclusively breastfed until 6 months of age.

[Nutrition of preschool age children. General considerations and assessment of child nutrition].

Results of the study performed between June 1999 and January 2000 on dietary assessment of 822 pre-school children (age 3-7) showed that majority of children regularly consumed the main meals: breakfast, dinner and supper. The habit of snacks eating between the meals was observed in 91% of children. The presence and structure basic products in analysed children diets (milk, fermented milk products, fats, fish, whole grain bread, juices) was different.

[Evaluation of a diet and nutritional status of breast feeding women on the basis of a questionnaire study].

The subjects were 120 breast-feeding mothers whose children were admitted for outpatient or inpatient treatment at the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, between March, 1998 and July, 1999. A special nutritional questionnaire was elaborated with the aim to evaluate subjects' nutritional status as well as their diet. All subjects completed the questionnaire and then selected parameters of their nutritional status and diet were evaluated.