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 breastfeeding in meeting infants’ nutritional requirements, when and how to introduce babies to solid foods and how much and how often to feed them.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Rebecca Bone
Executive Director – Student Services
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
- Describe methods for introducing solid foods into the diet of infants
- Identify a range of healthy nutritious foods for infants
- Describe the importance of feeding infants during family meals.
Syllabus
- Infants’ nutritional requirements and the roles of breastfeeding or infant formula in meeting them
- Comparison of global nutritional guidelines, best practice and evidence-based research to find out what foods babies need, and how much and how often to feed them
- When and how to introduce solid foods
- Why participating in family meals is important for promoting food acceptance and preferences for lifelong health and wellbeing.
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Issued on 19th March 2026
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