What Do Infants Really Eat?
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Nutrition Today
- Vol. 37 (2) , 50-56
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00017285-200203000-00004
Abstract
This article compares the feeding practices of healthy infants reported by their mothers in studies spanning two decades. Nutrient intakes are largely adequate and feeding practices are changing to meet recommendations, but breast-feeding rates do not meet public health guidelines.Keywords
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