Reaching consensus on a ‘vegetables first’ approach to complementary feeding

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 270-276

  Chambers, Lucy ^a   Hetherington, M ^b   Cooke, L ^c   Coulthard, H ^d   Fewtrell, M ^e   Emmett, P ^f   Lowdon, J ^g   Blissett, J ^h   Lanigan, J ^e   Baseley, C ⁱ   Stanner, S ^a  

^a BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Ella s Kitchen   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complementary feeding; food preferences; fruit; infants; vegetables; weaning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONSENSUS; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MILK; VEGETABLE; WEANING;

EID: 84995308648     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/NBU.12220     Document Type: Article

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