title: New guidelines on infant feeding in the first 12 months of life.
abstract: Paediatric dietitian Judy More discusses several recent directives and guidelines on infant feeding in the first year of life. These include recommendations that babies should be fed exclusively on breast milk for their first six months and that soy formulae should normally be avoided for babies under six months old. There is also specific new advice on restricting salt intake for infants.
authors.affiliation: Royal London Hospital, London.
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: More
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000592:standards*; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development; D008895:Milk, Human; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014886:Weaning