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. 1980 Sep;26:1190–1197.

Infant Feeding 1980

Anthony S Dixon
PMCID: PMC2383706  PMID: 21293682

Abstract

Recent reports from the Canadian Pediatric Society's Nutrition Committee1-5 have re-examined issues concerning the feeding of infants, and recommendations have been presented.

In an article reviewing a similar report by the Nutrition Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Woodruff6 refers to the art of infant feeding and the science of infant nutrition—the former being the practical application of the latter.

The distinction is important. While the science of infant nutrition is obviously a complex area of expertise appropriate to pediatricians, factors affecting the art of infant feeding—the interplay between the needs of the infant and the community's current social and cultural beliefs and practices, between the recommendations of professional groups and food manufacturers' products and advertising—fall very definitely within the purview of the family physician.

These two papers examine some of the current Canadian recommendations, their rationale and the practical problems they pose from a family practice viewpoint.

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