Chart 1. Section of the questionnaire addressing the perceptions of health professionals about possible benefits of the baby-led weaning method. Brazil, 2018/2019.

Indicate your degree of agreement or disagreement with the following statements
Statement A	The BLW method can make babies more likely to share family meal times
Statement B	The BLW method can facilitate babies’ adaptation to different food flavors and consistencies.
Statement C	The BLW method can enhance babies’ chewing
Statement D	The BLW method can favor the development of babies’ motor skills
Statement E	The BLW method can prevent babies from being overweight.
Statement F	The BLW method can promote self-regulation of satiety and, therefore, lesser feeding requirements for babies.
Statement G	The BLW method generally does not result in insufficient weight gain for babies.
Statement H	The BLW method generally does not result in deficiency of some nutrients for babies.
Statement I	The BLW method can be very comfortable/convenient, as there is no need to prepare special foods for babies.
Statement J	The BLW method can generate less concern or anxiety in parents/caregivers.

BLW: baby-led weaning. The statements had five categories of response on a Likert scale: totally agree, partially agree, indifferent, partially disagree and totally disagree.