Need for Weaning

Nutrition for Special Groups 3(3+0)

Lesson 19: Weaning- Types of Foods to Be Given to Infants

Need for Weaning

  • Breast milk alone is not able to provide sufficient amount of all nutrients needed to maintain growth after the first 6 months.
  • Increasing needs of calories and protein of growing children cannot be met by diminishing output of mother’s milk.
  • Milk is a poor source of vitamin C; vitamin D and iron. Therefore weaning (supplementary feeding) has to be resorted to by the 6th month of life.
    Calorie dense foods like malted foods should be given to infants.
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