Clarify feeding guidelines for each period to realize family scientific parenting 

Our reporter Han Songyan

A large body of scientific evidence shows that early life is a window of opportunity for health throughout the life cycle

"Guide" is a parenting textbook for the whole society

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a series of important decisions of the CPC Central Committee have promoted the transformation of children's health from survival to development.

Xu Jiao said that the National Health and Health Commission is actively implementing relevant work.

Yang Yuexin, chairman of the Chinese Nutrition Society and director of the Expert Committee on Revision of the Dietary Guidelines, introduced that the Guidelines are gifts, or teaching materials, for mothers, other family members, and professional workers

In order to help the general public to feed infants and young children scientifically and rationally, so that every child can grow and develop healthily, the Chinese Nutrition Society follows the principle of "sufficient evidence-based evidence, combined with China's actual conditions and reference to international recommendations", and based on the principles of infant growth and development It fully considers the current outstanding problems in infant and young child feeding, and revises and completes the "Guidelines" based on the scientific research results of infant nutrition at home and abroad in recent years, including "Guidelines for Breastfeeding of Infants Aged 0-6 Months" and "Guidelines for Infants Aged 7-24 Months" Feeding Guidelines, Dietary Guidelines for Preschool Children, and accompanying illustrations

Scientific feeding in stages provides protection for children's health

"Infant and young child feeding is closely related to children's health.

"Early life is the most plastic stage of the human body.

For infants and young children aged 7-24 months, timely addition of complementary food is more important

In addition, Shen Haiping said that infants and young children over the age of 2 should be encouraged to eat independently and develop good eating habits

1.

Su Yixiang, Honorary Chairman of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society and Professor of the School of Public Health of Sun Yat-Sen University:

　　Feeding infant formula at birth is definitely not recommended

　　2.

　　Yang Zhenyu, secretary general of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society and researcher at the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention:

　　To continue exclusively breastfeeding for 6 months to 180 days, breast milk provides the energy and nutrients necessary for infants at this stage, providing a powerful protective effect

　　3.

　　Wang Zhixu, chairman of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society and professor at the School of Public Health of Nanjing Medical University:

　　The "Guide" proposes that vitamin D supplementation begins a few days after birth.

"China Food News" (03 edition on June 8, 2022)

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