期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2017
卷号：24
期号：3
页码：484-488
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1232772
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. Proper nutrition in childhood has a huge significance for the optimal physical and psychical growth andgood state of health of a baby. Natural feeding is admittedly the healthiest method of feeding infants. In spite of increasedknowledge about the short and long-term benefits of feeding babies with human milk, the percentage of infants nourishedonly by breastfeeding is still too low. Knowledge about the health benefits of breast milk should be spread among youngwomen.Objective. The aim of the study was to attempt to discover how much knowledge young women have about the impactof natural feeding on the growth and state of health of a baby, as well as estimating the need for education in this area.Materials and method. Questionnaire study conducted in 2013 among 155 young women (average age 25.43±5.98 years)in Poland and in Belgium.Results. Own studies show that natural feeding still needs promotion and support. Knowledge about this among respondentsvaried and was incomplete. Often, they did not know all the benefits of natural feeding. The majority of respondents wereaware that breastfeeding influenced the growth and health of the baby, but they did not have full knowledge about it. Therespondents also did not have sufficient knowledge about the advantages of natural feeding in subsequent adult life. Only asmall percentage of respondents (15%) had good knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding. A higher level of knowledgeoccurred among women living in Poland who were older, better educated, lived in cities, and had breastfed earlier.Conclusions. A quite varied and not too high level of knowledge among young women about the benefits of naturalfeeding was observed, which points to the necessity of intensification of educational activities among them in this area.
