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Ten Commandments of Feeding Small Children PDF
Ten Commandments of Feeding Small Children PDF
1. Be baby friendly
2. Initiate breast feeding soon after birth preferably within minutes after delivery.
3. Encourage family pot feeding by one year
4. Give supplementary feeding
5. Encourage group eating or small frequent feeds
6. Ensure balanced diet
7. Do not starve children during illness
8. Ensure micronutrients and antioxidants by including glv and fruits
9. Utilize micronutrient supplementation programs like vitamin A, iron, folic acid, iodine
10. Also give importance to non nutritional Interventions like socio‐economic advancement,
standards of sanitization, immunization, deworming, protected water supply, developmental
stimulation and above all……………………..