Complementary feeding
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Complementary feeding

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    News

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    4 August 2025
    Joint News Release

    On World Breastfeeding Week, countries urged to invest in health systems and support breastfeeding mothers
    1 August 2025
    Joint News Release

    Breastfeeding in Indonesia on the rise, but mothers need more support
    18 June 2025
    Departmental update

    Equity and health: the inclusion of pregnant and breastfeeding women in clinical trials
    26 March 2025
    Departmental update

    United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025) extended to 2030

    Publications

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    Policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments: WHO guideline
    27 January 2026

    Policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments: WHO guideline

    Children spend a large share of their day in school, making it a critical setting for shaping lifelong dietary habits and reducing health and nutrition...

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    Global nutrition targets 2030: topical briefs on maternal, infant and young child nutrition
    22 October 2025

    Global nutrition targets 2030: topical briefs on maternal, infant and young child nutrition

    Recognizing that the world is not on track to meet all of the 2025 global nutrition targets, WHO Member States, during the 78th World Health Assembly in...

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    Global nutrition targets 2030: child wasting brief
    22 October 2025

    Global nutrition targets 2030: child wasting brief

    Wasting, or being too thin for one’s age, is defined as a weight-for-height that is more than two standard deviations below the World Health Organization...

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    Global nutrition targets 2030: breastfeeding brief
    22 October 2025

    Global nutrition targets 2030: breastfeeding brief

    Exclusive breastfeeding – defined as the practice of only giving an infant breast-milk for the first 6 months of life (no other food or water) –...

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    Training

    Infant and young child feeding counselling: an integrated course: trainer’s guide, 2nd ed
    13 December 2021

    Infant and young child feeding counselling: an integrated course: trainer’s guide, 2nd ed

    Breastfeeding and appropriate, safe, and timely complementary feeding are fundamental to the health and development of children and important for the health...

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    Infant and young child feeding counselling: an integrated course: course handouts
    15 October 2021

    Infant and young child feeding counselling: an integrated course: course handouts

    Breastfeeding and appropriate, safe, and timely complementary feeding are fundamental to the health and development of children and important for the health...

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    Infographics

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    Investing in breastfeeding means investing in the future
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    48% of infants under 6 months old are exclusively breastfed
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    Listen, support, empower: WHO recommends at least 6 contacts with a breastfeeding counsellor
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    Breast-Milk is the first superfood