SCIENTIFIC GROUNDS FOR FEEDING UP INTRODUCTION SCHEME, DESCRIBED IN THE «NATIONAL PROGRAM OF INFANTILE FEEDING OPTIMIZATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION». PART 1

«National program of infantile feeding optimization in the Russian Federation» contains modern approaches to feeding up introduction to the infants. However, till present day, one cannot find a single opinion upon when it is suitable to prescribe first feeding up, as well as upon right sequence of products. This article contains results of the first stage of the study which objective is to lay Scientific grounds for feeding up introduction scheme, described in the «National program…». All the participants of this controlled study were divided into two groups — one receiving breast feeding, another one on artificial feeding. Each group was divided into three subgroups depending on the age of feeding up introduction — at4, at — 5 or at 6 months. Feeding up was introduced with different sequence of products. The results prove that body mass increase was significantly higher in the group of children that were already receiving feeding up, in comparison to the group of infants that were still formula fed. It has also been shown that body mass increase was higher in the group where porridges were introduced as the first feeding up product, even though the volume remained the same.Key words: infants, supplemental feeding. (Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2011; 10 (6): 128–136)