RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Weaning of infants
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 488
OP 492
DO 10.1136/adc.88.6.488
VO 88
IS 6
A1 K D Foote
A1 L D Marriott
YR 2003
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/88/6/488.abstract
AB The WHO 2001 global recommendation is a one size fits all approach to weaning, an approach which may not take sufficient account of the special needs of some infants and fails to allow for the different problems encountered in the industrialised nations compared with economically developing countries. For the healthy normal birth weight full term infant born in an industrialised country, current research supports the benefit of exclusive breast milk feeding until 4–6 months. Evidence of harm through introducing solid food to these infants earlier than this is weak. Infants should be managed individually according to their needs.