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Comparision of weight gain among fully breast-fed infants and those artificially fed
NOVÁKOVÁ, Eliška
The objective of the present Bachelor thesis titled "Comparison between weight gain in fully breastfed infants and weight gain in bottle fed infants" is to explore mothers' approach to breastfeeding and complementary food regarding their children from birth until completed six months of age. Specifically, this Bachelor thesis consists in comparison of children, who were divided into three groups: Infants who were exclusively breastfed until completed six months of age, without any complementary food or liquids. The second group is made up of children who were breastfed and administered complementary food for health or similar reasons. Finally, the third group comprises children who were given complementary food from birth and were not breastfed. The aforesaid theme was selected by the authoress for the reason that she herself is a mother to a one and a half year old daughter and associates with mothers among whom the above theme is frequently discussed. Most often, mothers focus on advantages of breastfeeding and draw a great distinction with respect to those children who are given complementary food. The theoretical part of the Bachelor thesis delves into the main differences between breast milk, cow's milk and formula milk. In addition, complementary food is studied, in particular as regards the timing when non-milk complementary food should be introduced, what types of vegetables should be chosen, or how complementary food should be prepared and served to infants. The research-based part focused on whether mothers breastfeed. If the answer was in the negative, mothers were asked to provide a reason, whether they were unable or did not want to breastfeed. Mothers were also asked what types of milk formulas they administer to their babies. A great selection of children's milk formulas is available on the market to satisfy everyone. Every child has different needs and there are also differences in prices of artificial milk products. Mothers were asked about the age of their children when complementary food is introduced to their diet and what type of complementary food is most often chosen at the beginning. In the past, carrot was exclusively the first complementary food to be administered to children; however, since it is thought today that carrot is too sweet, mothers prefer pumpkin puree.
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Support of healthy eating habits through activities of maternity centres
Dejmalová, Tereza ; Marádová, Eva (advisor) ; Květoňová, Lea (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to map the activity of maternity centres in order to find out whether their programme includes the issue of children nutrition and the promotion of healthy eating habits. The work also analyses the awareness of maternity centres clients of the nutrition of children under three years of age and finds out whether the clients receive some information about this issue through the centre's activities. The theoretical part summarises the knowledge of nutrition experts of children under three years of age and the formation of nutritional habits. The practical part presents the development and results of the research in the maternity centres. Keywords: newborn nutrition, infant nutrition, toddler nutrition, eating habits, maternity centre
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Comparison of Somatic Parameters of the Standard and BLW Methods of Introducing Complementary Food to 12 Months Old Infants
Skalková, Zdislava ; Frühauf, Pavel (advisor) ; El-Lababidi, Nabil (referee)
Introduction: The BLW method (Baby-Led Weaning) is an increasingly used method of introducing complementary nutrition to infants, in which the phase of feeding a puree with a spoon is completely omitted and larger pieces of food are immediately offered to the infants. There are concerns that children at BLW may cause worse thriving of them. Aims: The main aim of the work is to compare the somatic parameters of 12 months old infants depending on the method of feeding. The partial goals are to find out how much information parents have about the BLW method and what their child's nutrition looks like in their first year of life. Methods: Retrospective observational research was carried out by means of a questionnaire survey among parents of toddlers aged from the end of the 12th month to the end of the 18th month. The set consisted of 186 respondents for the evaluation of general information about the child's nutrition. Somatic parameters (head circumference, length/height, weight and weight/length [height] ratio at 12 months) were evaluated in a set of 153 respondents, the data were obtained from the child's health card. Data collection took place at the turn of February and March 2021. The data comparison was performed by t-test and ANOVA test. Results: The mean weight percentile at 12 months is...
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Support of healthy eating habits through activities of maternity centres
Dejmalová, Tereza ; Marádová, Eva (advisor) ; Květoňová, Lea (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to map the activity of maternity centres in order to find out whether their programme includes the issue of children nutrition and the promotion of healthy eating habits. The work also analyses the awareness of maternity centres clients of the nutrition of children under three years of age and finds out whether the clients receive some information about this issue through the centre's activities. The theoretical part summarises the knowledge of nutrition experts of children under three years of age and the formation of nutritional habits. The practical part presents the development and results of the research in the maternity centres. Keywords: newborn nutrition, infant nutrition, toddler nutrition, eating habits, maternity centre
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The use of nutritional problem in practice - infant nutrition
Nguyen, Linh Mai ; Kuncová, Martina (advisor) ; Kozáková, Petra (referee)
The thesis is about infant nutrition. The aim is to create a menu for infants replacement feeding. The work is divided into two parts. The first part will focus on nutritional problems in theory and in the second part of this problem we apply in practice, is necessary to observe the conditions and requirements of food, or energy value, the daily dose of protein, fat, fiber and carbohydrates. The work is also about optimization systems, specifically MS Excel Solver and modeling system Lingo.
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