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.