Chookie
July 24th 03, 12:38 PM
At my TAFE college, we teach both catering and child studies, and so we have a
small selection of books on feeding babies and toddlers. I was weeding in
that area, and most of these books are officially out of date: they recommend
the introduction of solids at 4-6 months. Last month, the new Dietary
Guidelines for Australians were released, and they fiiiiiinally say
introduction of solids at or after 6 months. (And they say low-fat items are
fine after two years -- it used to be after four years of age.)
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/dietsyn.htm
Can anyone recommend new materials on feeding babies and toddlers, with the
current recommendation?
BTW, the Australian Breastfeeding Association gets a great plug in the "Food
for Health" information booklet, near the end:
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/pdf/n31.pdf
I don't think any other community organisation gets a mention in the text like
that. I'm happy!
The booklet is great for other reasons. I like the way it lays out the number
of serves of each food you need. I thought we were good vegie eaters, but we
still need to eat more! If we ate the recommended amounts of normal foods, we
wouldn't have room for much junk food...
--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
"...children should continue to be breastfed... for up to two years of age
or beyond." -- Innocenti Declaration, Florence, 1 August 1990
small selection of books on feeding babies and toddlers. I was weeding in
that area, and most of these books are officially out of date: they recommend
the introduction of solids at 4-6 months. Last month, the new Dietary
Guidelines for Australians were released, and they fiiiiiinally say
introduction of solids at or after 6 months. (And they say low-fat items are
fine after two years -- it used to be after four years of age.)
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/dietsyn.htm
Can anyone recommend new materials on feeding babies and toddlers, with the
current recommendation?
BTW, the Australian Breastfeeding Association gets a great plug in the "Food
for Health" information booklet, near the end:
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/pdf/n31.pdf
I don't think any other community organisation gets a mention in the text like
that. I'm happy!
The booklet is great for other reasons. I like the way it lays out the number
of serves of each food you need. I thought we were good vegie eaters, but we
still need to eat more! If we ate the recommended amounts of normal foods, we
wouldn't have room for much junk food...
--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
"...children should continue to be breastfed... for up to two years of age
or beyond." -- Innocenti Declaration, Florence, 1 August 1990