Infant Nutrition: from Breastfeeding to Baby’s First Solids
Learn what good nutrition looks like for your baby as they move from milk to family foods across their first year of life.
Who is the course for?
This course has been specially created for parents of new infants with an interest in early childhood nutrition, including those wanting to undertake further study.
What topics will you cover?
Infants’ nutritional requirements and the roles of breastfeeding or infant formula in meeting them
Comparison of global nutritional guidelines, best practice and evidence-based research to find out what foods babies need, and how much and how often to feed them
When and how to introduce solid foods
Why participating in family meals is important for promoting food acceptance and preferences for lifelong health and wellbeing.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Identify the key principles of good infant nutrition
Explain the importance of breastfeeding and what role infant formula may play
Describe methods for introducing solid foods into the diet of infants
Identify a range of healthy nutritious foods for infants
Describe the importance of feeding infants during family meals.
