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Infant and young child feeding is a key area to improve child survival and promote healthy growth and development. The first 2 years of a child’s life are particularly important, as optimal nutrition during this period lowers morbidity and mortality, reduces the risk of chronic disease, and fosters better development overall. This guideline provides global, normative evidence-based recommendations on complementary feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age living in low, middle- and high-income countries.
Understanding the Context
It considers the needs of both breastfed and non-breastfed children. The guideline supersedes the earlier Guiding Principles for Complementary Feeding of the Breastfed Child and Guiding principles ... WHO Guideline for complementary feeding of infants and young children 6 ... Tips and information If you need help with breastfeeding, ask others for advice, such as asking a trained health worker or other experienced women Feed a baby only with breast milk for the first six months Give the baby no fluids other than breast milk Give small amounts of easy to digest food at 6 months and continue to breastfeed up to 2 years of age or beyond Give a variety of foods that ...
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WHO and UNICEF jointly developed the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding whose aim is to improve - through optimal feeding - the nutritional status, growth and development, health, and thus the very survival of infants and young children. The Infant and young child feeding counselling: an integrated course includes this Trainer’s guide, a Director's guide and Participant’s manual. Proper infant nutrition is fundamental to a child’s continued health, from birth through adulthood. Correct feeding in the first three years of life is particularly important due to its role in lowering morbidity and mortality, reducing the risk of chronic disease throughout their life span, and promoting regular mental and physical development. Complementary feeding interventions, by themselves, cannot change the underlying conditions of poverty that contribute to child undernutrition, and consequently complementary feeding interventions need to be implemented in conjunction with larger strategies that include improved water and sanitation, better health care and adequate housing.