Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Infant Nutrition: from Breastfeeding to Baby's First Solids
This online course explored some basic principles of infant nutrition and how to apply them. Topics covered include the importance of both breastfeeding and formula in meeting infants’ nutritional requirements, how to introduce babies to solid foods and how much and how often to feed them.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Karen Campbell
Professor, Institute Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
Deakin University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify the key principles of good infant nutrition.
- Explain the importance of breastfeeding and what role infant formula may play.
- Outline a method for introducing solid foods into the diet of infants.
- Identify a range of healthy nutritious foods for infants.
Syllabus
The arrival of a new baby is an amazing and very exciting time, but it can also be stressful and confusing. Many parents find feeding infants is not as simple as they thought it would be. This course focused on:
- practical solutions to help with breastfeeding
- the role infant formula plays in a baby’s early nutrition
- nutritional principles for feeding infants between six and 12 months of age
- strategies for coping with fussy eaters.
Issued on 13th March 2017
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