Not exact matches
An increasing number
of infants are being prescribed customised
infant formulas as a means to address various deficiencies and also to ensure
adequate intake
of necessary
nutrition that includes carbohydrates and proteins.
... contribute to the provision
of safe and
adequate nutrition for
infants, by the protection and promotion
of breast - feeding, and by ensuring the proper use
of breast - milk substitutes, when these are necessary, on the basis
of adequate information and through appropriate marketing and distribution.
«It's just not normal
infant behavior and it is a direct sabotage
of healthy breast - feeding because it may limit a mother's ability to provide
adequate nutrition.»
Its aim is «to contribute to the provision
of safe and
adequate nutrition for
infants, by the protection and promotion
of breast - feeding, and by ensuring the proper use
of breast - milk substitutes, when these are necessary, on the basis
of adequate information and through appropriate marketing and distribution».18
The WHO Code, adopted by the 34th World Health Assembly, aims at contributing to the provision
of safe and
adequate nutrition for
infants, by the protection and promotion
of breast - feeding, and by ensuring the proper use
of breast - milk substitutes.
Ensure that primary health care staff, nurses, midwives, doctors, specialists and other health workers have
adequate training in breastfeeding and sound
infant and young child
nutrition and support the International Code
of Marketing
of Breastmilk Substitutes, related resolutions and other appropriate international instruments.
«WABA believes that programmes related to food and
nutrition, health care and development and, especially programmes on
infant and young child feeding, should be free from commercial influence and conflicts
of interest» advocates Dato Anwar Fazal, WABA Executive Director; «this is especially since optimal breastfeeding, including early, exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and continued
adequate breastfeeding for up to two years or longer constitute the primary intervention to prevent child mortality worldwide.»
«Disasters are not exceptional situations in which states are exempt from their responsibilities with regard to the right to
adequate food and
nutrition... During emergencies, support for exclusive and continued breastfeeding is absolutely critical for the health and lives
of infants and young children.
The aim
of the Code is:... to contribute to the provision
of safe and
adequate nutrition for
infants, by the protection and promotion
of breastfeeding and by the proper use
of breastmilk substitutes, when these are necessary, on the basis
of adequate information and through appropriate marketing and distribution.
Ensuring
adequate iodine status during parenteral
nutrition has become important, particularly in preterm
infants, as the use
of povidone - iodine disinfectants has declined.
Underscoring the crucial importance
of adequate levels
of this amino acid in
infant nutrition is the fact that the metabolites
of TRP are unique among amino acids.
Moms who are breastfeeding should take care to maintain
adequate vitamin D status for their nursing babies (see above tips); alternatively, if formula must be the
infant's primary source
of nutrition, our highly - rated homemade baby formula kits will supply natural sources
of vitamin D during this important stage
of growth and development.