It is almost twenty years ago since under Nutricia's auspices the first Nutricia Symposium took place. Professor Jonxis was mainly responsible for the organiza tion of the earlier symposia, whilst Professor Visser organized the fifth Nutricia Symposium in 1978. This book is the commitment to paper of the lectures given during the sixth Nutricia/Cow & Gate Symposium held in Louvain in 1983. Both Professor Eeckels and Professor Ransome-Kuti succeeded in collecting a panel of experts on 'Child Health in the Tropics'. We hope, in fact we are sure, that you will consider the contents of this book a daily stimulation in your medical profession. October 1984 Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V List of authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI List of participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIV SESSION I FEEDING, FEEDING PRACTICES AND GROWTH Chairman: Chap-Yung Yeung A. Omololu, The practice of breastfeeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 M. G. M. Rowland, S. G. l. Goh, S. Tullock, D. T. Dunn and R. l. Hayes, Growth and weaning in urban Gambian infants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 W. Klaver, Some considerations on the formulation of weaning mixes. . 19 R. G. Hendrickse, The influence of mycotoxins on child health in the tropics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 V. S. Tanphaichitr, C. Tuchinda, V. Suvatte and S. Tuchinda, Bodily growth in thalassemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 L. Sinisterra, Ecological evaluation of human development: the case of the child in the tropics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 SESSION II DIARRHOEAL DISEASES Chairman: o. Ransome-Kuti A. M. Molla, S. A. Sarker, A. Molla, M. Kathoon, W. B."