BDA Food Fact Sheets

Weaning Fact Sheet

This an area of professional consensus, there are some areas like the adequacy of breast feeding for the first six months of life which have been backed up by systematic reviews, undertaken on behalf of the WHO.

  1. Butte NF, Lopez-Alarcon MG, Garza C (2002): Nutrient adequacy of exclusive breastfeeding for the term infant during the first six months of life. WHO, Geneva
  2. The Optimal Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding. A Systematic Review.Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001 (Document WHO/NHD/01.08).www.who.int
  3. Department of Health (1994): Weaning and the Weaning Diet. Report on Health and Social Subjects 45. HMSO, London.
  4. Fewtrell M, Lucas A, Morgan JB (2003): Factors associated with weaning in full term and preterm infants. Arch Dis Chil Neonatal Ed 88, F296-F301
  5. Foote KD, Marriott LD (2003): Weaning of infants. Arch Dis Child 88, 488-92
  6. Hamlyn B, Brooder S, Lleinkova K et al (2002): Infant Feeding Survey 2000. TSO, London

http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/birthtofive/Pages/Foodallergies.aspx  and http://cot.food.gov.uk/cotstatements/cotstatementsyrs/cotstatements2008/cot200807peanut