Infant and young child feeding: model chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals, 2nd ed.

Overview

The Model Chapter, which was first published in 2009, brings together essential knowledge about infant and young child feeding that health professionals should acquire as part of their basic education. It focuses on nutritional needs and feeding practices in children less than two years of age – the most critical period for child nutrition after which sub-optimal growth is hard to reverse. 

This second edition has been revised and restructured to incorporate new and updated WHO recommendations. It is organised into eight sections, each of which includes key messages, a brief outline and a comprehensive reference list. The Model Chapter includes descriptions of essential knowledge and skills required to support healthy infant and young child feeding in maternity care facilities and in the community.