The effects of preterm feeding on infants(Systematic review)

The effects of preterm feeding on infants(Systematic review)
Mahsa Teymouri,^1,* Mehdi Ardakani,² Mojgan Yaghoubi,³ Elham Safari,⁴
1. School of nursery, Boroujerd Nursing University, Lorestan, Iran
2. School of Medical, Mashhad Azad University, Mashhad , Iran
3. School of midwifery, Mashhad Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
4. School of nursery, Mashhad Azad university, Iran
Introduction: The role of Complementary nutrition is important in the month. Supplemental Nutrition means the use of different pyramid groups for the growth and health of the child, which is important after six months. Paying attention to the right time to start supplementary nutrition is one of the most important elements in a baby,s growth and development. Considering the importance of timing of supplemental feeding in a child,s health, this study was designed to investigate the early onset of complementary feeding.
Methods: This review was performed within articles published at PubMed, Google scholar, Magiran and SID from 2000 to 2019. The keywords were Early feeding,supplementah nutrition,infant . By searching this database, 62 articles were found, 26 of them were not related with investigating and 11 of them by reading abstract were removed. All articles chosen from English and Persian articles.
Results: According to the findings of the articles most developmental disorders occur in the first year of life of the infant, especially after the end of the exclusive period of breastfeeding ,when infant needs a lot of nutrients on the one hand and on the other hand there are limitations in the quality and quantity of diet. Often infants grow well up to the age of six months, while in the second six months the infant's body reserves more or less decrease. Therefore, the importance of starting complementary feeding at this age becomes apparent. The important point is the time to start complementary feeding, so early feeding children not only did not affect their growth and development, but also led to disease and weight loss.
Conclusion: The end of six months is the best time to start developmental feeding after six months of exclusive breastfeeding. It is wrong to start complementary feeding early because the gastrointestinal tract is not ready. On the other hand, early initiation of complementary feeding causes less sucking of the mother's breast, which is one of the important factors in reducing breast milk production. Also, the biggest risk of early supply of evolutionary foods is diarrheal diseases. Therefore, it is suggested that educating mothers not to start early feeding is one of the components of future research.
Keywords: Early feeding , Complementary nutrition, Infant, six months