Sentences with phrase «safe complementary foods»
It is essential therefore that infants receive appropriate, adequate and safe complementary foods to ensure the right transition from the breastfeeding period to the full use of family foods.
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Children from the age of six months require nutrient - rich, age - appropriate and safe complementary foods in addition to breast milk.
The initiative aims to increase early initiation, exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for up to two years or beyond, together with appropriate, adequate and safe complementary foods.
Thereafter, to meet their evolving nutritional requirements, infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods, while continuing to breastfeed for up to two years or beyond.
The World Health Organization's (WHO) very stance on breastfeeding is a, «global public health recommendation, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life... [then] infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years and beyond» (p. 7 - 8).
(1) Thereafter, to meet their evolving nutritional requirements, infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years of age or beyond.
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Sets global recommendation of «6 months» exclusive breastfeeding, with safe and appropriate complementary foods and continued breastfeeding for up to two years or beyond.
The World Health Assembly adopted Resolution 47.5 in 1994 stating the importance of, «fostering appropriate complementary feeding practices from the age of about six months, emphasizing continued breast - feeding and frequent feeding with safe and adequate amounts of local foods.»
The adequacy of complementary feeding (adequacy in short for timely, adequate, safe and appropriate) not only depends on the availability of a variety of foods in the household, but also on the feeding practices of caregivers.
o HIV - exposed infants should receive exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life and continued breastfeeding with additional complementary foods after 6 months unless replacement feeding is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe.