Infant Nutrition - Complementary Feeding

Pathway Contributor: Evelyn Volders

Bio:
Evelyn.Volders@monash.edu

Contributions:

• What are the recommendations for the use of goat's milk in infant feeding?  

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• At what age should cow's milk (non-formula) and other dairy products be consumed as a complementary food in healthy term infants?  

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• Should the introduction of complementary foods in healthy term infants occur in a particular order? (i.e. should the introduction of some foods occur before others?)  

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• What are the guidelines for texture progression of solid foods in infants' diets?  

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• When should water, as a drink, be introduced to healthy term infants? What type of water is suitable to use?  

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• Should fruit juice be introduced to an infant’s diet? If so, when and how?  

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• What are the guidelines for the safe preparation and storage of infant foods?  

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• What is the appropriate frequency and quantity of complementary foods in infants' diets?  

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• What are the benefits for healthy term infants of introducing meat as a first food during the complementary feeding phase?  

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• At what age in infancy may honey be introduced?  

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• What are the recommendations for the use of plant-based beverages (e.g. soy, rice, almond, coconut and oat milk/beverage) during the complementary feeding period in infants?  

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• Do infants aged six to 12 months who are introduced to solids using the baby-led weaning (BLW) technique (i.e. infants self-fed with finger food) compared to infants who are introduced to solids using the traditional spoon-fed (TSF) method (with gradual texture progression) have any differences in growth and/or developmental patterns?  

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• Infant Nutrition - Complementary Feeding Background

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