Weaning Food Practice and Assessment in Children with Iron Deficiency Anemia

Abstract

목 적: 최근 모유수유의 장점이 알려지며 모유수유 아들이 늘고 있다. 이유기 영유아의 가장 흔한 영양장애인 IDA (Iron deficiency anemia)가 모유수유아와 다른 형태의 수유아에서 어떻게 나타나고 있는지 알아보고 IDA와 대조군의 이유식 진행 상황 및 이유지식 등에 대해 알아보았다. 방 법: 2006년 3월부터 2009년 1월까지 인하대병원에 내원한 6~24개월의 영유아 중 IDA를 진단받은 70명과 IDA가 없는 140명의 보호자에게 수유 형태, 이유식 진행 상황 및 이유지식을 묻는 설문을 시행하였다. IDA군의 자료와 함께 IDA가 없는 군을 대조군으로 하여 분석하였다. 결 과: IDA군은 IDA가 없는 군에 비해 이유식을 늦게 시작하며 IDA군에의 모유수유아 비율이 대조군에 비해 높은 것으로 나타났다(p 【Purpose: Recently, the favorable merits of breast feeding have received widespread attention and the number of breast feeding children is increasing. We investigated the weaning practices between breast feeding infants and non-breast feeding infants with respect to iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Methods: Between March 2006 and January 2009, we surveyed 70 parents, the children of whom had been medically diagnosed with IDA, and 140 parents, the children of whom did not have IDA, about how they feed their children and how much they know about the weaning process. The infants and children were 6∼36 months of age and attended the Inha University hospital. Results: IDA patients started weaning later than non-IDA patients. Also, breast feeding in IDA patients was more frequent than in non-IDA patients (82% vs. 30%). The breast feeding group began weaning at approximately 6.4 months of age, which was statistically meaningfully compared to non-breast feeding infants. There were no differences in knowledge between the two groups of parents. Conclusion: According to our research, we assume that if weaning begins at 6 months, we cannot supply sufficient iron to meet the infant's needs, which increase sharply around 6 months of age because of depletion of stored iron. Thus, infants need to initiate weaning from breast feeding at 4 months of age to furnish an ample amount of iron or take iron-containing supplements. These methods would be expected to prevent IDA in breast feeding infants.】