Special issue on WHO Expert consultation on complementary feeding & 2001 meeting report
| Document type: | Meetings / Workshops |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Topic: | Complementary feeding |
| Author: | WHO |
| Date published: | March 2003 |
Special Issue Based on a World Health Organization Expert Consultation on Complementary Feeding. Food & Nutrition Bulletin. Vol 24. No 1, 2003
This Special Supplement contains the background papers that were developed for the Expert Consultation on Complementary Feeding, convened by WHO in 2001 [Report from that consultation available here and at: www.who.int/nutrition/publications/Complementary_Feeding.pdf ] The papers examined a range of topics including energy and nutrient requirements of young children, caregiver behaviours influencing young child feeding, macro-level approaches and household food technologies to improve availability of complementary foods, and lessons learnt for scaling-up programs. As one of the outcomes of the Expert Consultation, PAHO/WHO published the Guiding Principles for Complementary Feeding of the Breastfed Child.
Includes:
- Update on technical issues concerning complementary feeding of young children in developing countries and implications for intervention programs
- Promotion and advocacy for improved complementary feeding: Can we apply the lessons learned from breastfeeding? [The key factors for the successful promotion of breastfeeding on a large scale were examined and compared with the efforts made in complementary feeding.]
- Improving feeding practices: Current patterns, common constraints, and the design of interventions
- Case studies from around the world
- Macrolevel approaches to improve the availability of complementary foods
- Household-level technologies to improve the availability and preparation of adequate and safe complementary foods
- Conclusions of the Global Consultation on Complementary Feeding
www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/fnb_24_1/en/
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