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[+] according to a new study. getty The popular parenting method of baby-led weaning, where babies are given whole, non pureed food as an introduction to solid foods, provides adequate nutrition, according to the results of a new study. The work was presented today at the NUTRITION 2024 conference in Chicago, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition.
“One major concern with baby-led weaning was that it wasn’t known whether it provided enough nutrients to support infant growth,” said Kinzie Matzeller, a clinical research coordinator and registered dietitian at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, speaking in a press release . Baby-led weaning has become increasingly popular with parents since the first research and recommendations were published on it in the early 2000s. The approach recommends allowing infants from around the age of 6 months to feed themselves solid foods with their hands.
A more traditional approach is feeding pureed solids, but this is increasingly going out of fashion and proponents of baby-led weaning suggest that allowing babies to self-feed encourages healthy eating habits Kinzie Matzeller displays two age-appropriate ways to prepare solid foods for baby-led weaning. The ..
. [+] left shows foods prepared for a baby aged 6 months and on the right, for a baby aged 9 mon.
