Resumen

HERRERA H, Marianella; MACHADO, Livia  y  VILLALOBOS, Daniel. Nutrition in newborn term and the infant up to 6 months of age. Arch Venez Puer Ped [online]. 2013, vol.76, n.3, pp.117-125. ISSN 0004-0649.

Nutrition in newborn term and the infant up to 6 months of age Adequate nutrition during infancy and early childhood ensures the full development of the human potential of every child in any part of the world, as well as the prevention of chronic diseases related to nutrition in adulthood. They are fundamental power of good practices to achieve optimal health. The human feeding exclusively covers all nutritional requirements during the first six months of life and to be then continued together with the complementary feeding up to two years. Artificial formulas are used when human milk feeding is not possible either by medical causes inherent to the mother or the child. Human milk feeding exerts protective effect for the prevention of micronutrient deficiencies mainly of iron and vitamin A to the first six months of life. The pregnant mother and supplementation during lactation at risk of deficiency is important to the nutritional status of the child at this age.

Palabras clave : artificial formula; human milk; infant feeding; micronutrient.

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