RESUMO
The model for the practice of dietetics recently adopted by the CDA board of directors clarifies how the different facets of dietetics are interrelated and part of a common definition of dietetics. It is our hope that this discussion will help us to move beyond the question of identity we often feel in our profession and will stimulate debate and the development and testing of alternate models; this should further clarify the essence of dietetic practice and enable us to continue to improve our unique and common contribution towards the provision of quality nutritional care to the population.
Assuntos
Dietética/normas , Modelos Teóricos , Prática Profissional/normas , Canadá , Ingestão de Alimentos , Abastecimento de Alimentos/normas , Humanos , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição , Política Organizacional , Sociedades Científicas/organização & administraçãoRESUMO
We studied infant feeding in a representative sample of primiparous mothers of six-month-old infants in New Brunswick in 1982-83. At birth, 56% of infants were breastfed, decreasing to 31% at three months and 16% at six months; fewer were breastfed, and this for shorter periods of time, among the French population, those of lower socio-economic status or younger mothers. Most of the mothers who did not breastfeed did not attend prenatal classes and almost half had decided before their pregnancy to breastfeed or not. Most mothers breastfed because they felt their milk was better. Bottlefeeding mothers were mainly motivated by its convenience.
