For more information on the consultation process visit Health Canada's Second consultation on Nutrition
for Healthy Term Infants web page.
Growth
of healthy term infants fed an extensively hydrolyzed casein - based or free amino acid - based infant formula: a randomized, double - blind, controlled trial.
Collect infant feeding data at 6 months for babies born
as healthy term infants — greater than 37 weeks gestational age (it is advised to exclude babies that do not fall into this category from this data).
The newest guidelines in Nutrition for
Healthy Term Infants state that»... all food textures — including lumpy, pureed, and even finger foods — are fine to offer a baby from six months.»
Thus,
whether healthy term infants benefit from the addition of DHA and AA to formula remains unclear because they are able to convert very LCP fatty acids to DHA and AA.
A bilirubin level of more than 425 μmol / L was chosen to define severe hyperbilirubinemia since an infant with this degree of jaundice is thought to be at high risk of kernicterus.6 Furthermore, the Canadian Paediatric Society recommends considering an exchange transfusion at this level in
healthy term infants without risk factors.20
«Informal breast milk sharing is becoming increasingly common
for healthy term infants as 21st century families desire to feed their infants human milk,» says Dr. Timothy Tobolic, president of ABM.
We aimed to determine if the reported differences in calcium absorption could affect skeletal development by comparing bone mineral accretion
in healthy term infants fed a milk - based formula with (PMF) or without PO.
Whole body bone mineralization was evaluated in
healthy term infants fed 1 of 2 coded, commercially available, ready - to - feed infant formulas in a randomized, double - blind, parallel study.
However, the few studies that do control for SES show that in
healthy term infants, the differences between formula and breast milk are negligible.
Helene Johns and her colleagues» study showed that the use of formula and EBM in hospital after birth in
healthy term infants was associated with decreased breast milk feeding at three and six months.
Premature Massage in the NICU: Expanding research in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has documented the short - term advantages of gentle touch and massage for
healthy term infants and for some growing and medically stable pre-term newborns.
However, home - prepared infant foods from vegetables (eg, spinach, beets, green beans, squash, carrots) should be avoided until infants are 3 months or older, although there is no nutritional indication to add complementary foods to the diet of
the healthy term infant before 4 to 6 months of age.»
Healthy term infants fed a formula containing PO as the predominant oil in the fat blend had significantly lower BMC and BMD than those fed a formula without PO.
Nine of 50
healthy term infants in one study experienced bradycardia during bottlefeeding.
Since February 1, 2012, stakeholders have been invited to review and provide comments on the revised draft statement: Nutrition for
Healthy Term Infants - Recommendations from Birth to Six Months.
As part of the revision process of the Health Canada, Canadian Paediatric Society and the Dietitians of Canada, Statement «Nutrition for
Healthy Term Infants», Health Canada requested comment from Canadians on its proposed revised policy.
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Issues Guidance on Informal Milk Sharing for
Healthy Term infants.
Collect infant feeding data for
healthy term infants — greater than 37 weeks gestational age (it is advised to exclude babies that do not fall into this category from this data).
Healthy term infants have plenty of reserves, and the first effective feeding can happen any time in the first day.
Health Canada is planning the revision of Canada's infant and young child feeding policy statement: Nutrition for
Healthy Term Infants.
We considered these differences likely to be clinically relevant because they are similar to that between preterm - at - term and
healthy term infants (15), and the former is a group also at risk for later adverse metabolic health.