PORRIDGE — THE MAIN TYPE OF ADDITIONAL FOOD IN INFANTS

The balanced proper nutrition in infants is the one of the main factors of optimal children’s growth and development, and of their health forming. One of the leading types of additional food is cereal food stuffs — porridge. The choice of cereal food stuffs for infants must be held not only with the fact, that porridge is the source of complex carbohydrates, but that it is a source of protein, amino acids, microelements, vitamins, and dietary fibers. Key words: infants, additional food, cereals, amino acids, porridge. (Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2009;8(4):116-120)