{"id":5367,"date":"2019-04-26T12:52:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T11:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-nutrition.com\/?p=5367"},"modified":"2019-06-03T08:39:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T07:39:34","slug":"quel-est-lage-approprie-pour-lintroduction-de-lalimentation-complementaire-chez-le-nourrisson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-nutrition.com\/en\/2019\/04\/26\/quel-est-lage-approprie-pour-lintroduction-de-lalimentation-complementaire-chez-le-nourrisson\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the appropriate age for introduction of complementary feeding of infants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"l-subsection\"><div class=\"l-subsection-h\"><div class=\"l-subsection-hh g-html i-cf\"><strong>EFSA<\/strong> is seeking <strong>feedback from stakeholders and other interested parties on its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efsa.europa.eu\/en\/press\/news\/190417?utm_source=EFSA+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=89ee02860c-EMAIL_ALERTS_NUTRITION&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_7ea646dd1d-89ee02860c-63952973\" target=\"_blank\">scientific opinion on the appropriate age for introduction of complementary feeding of infants.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Panel Members have reviewed around 300 studies on the topic. The main conclusions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The appropriate age to introduce complementary foods depends on the infant\u2019s characteristics and development, even more so in pre-term infants. In most infants, this age is between about 3-4 and 6 months.<\/li>\n<li>Most infants do not need complementary foods for nutritional reasons until around 6 months, except some exclusively breast-fed infants at risk of iron depletion.<\/li>\n<li>There is insufficient data to determine a precise age at which complementary foods should be introduced to all infants in Europe.<\/li>\n<li>There is no evidence that early introduction of potentially allergenic foods \u2013 such as egg, cereals, fish and peanuts \u2013 increases the risk of children developing allergies.<\/li>\n<li>There is no evidence for either beneficial or adverse effects of introducing foods containing gluten earlier than 6 months of age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The introduction of complementary foods is considered from a developmental, nutritional and health perspective. It is not an evaluation of the optimal duration of exclusive breast-feeding, as the assessment is applicable irrespective of whether infants are initially exclusively breast-fed or formula-fed.<\/p>\n<p>To answer to the consultation from the EFSA, you can click to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efsa.europa.eu\/en\/consultations\/call\/190417?utm_source=EFSA+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=89ee02860c-EMAIL_ALERTS_NUTRITION&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_7ea646dd1d-89ee02860c-63952973\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>. The deadline for submitting comments is 29\u00a0May 2019.<\/p>\n<p>To know more about the extensive literature search for the systematic review on health outcomes related to the age of introduction of complementary food, from the EFSA, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efsa.europa.eu\/en\/supporting\/pub\/en-1276?utm_source=EFSA+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=89ee02860c-EMAIL_ALERTS_NUTRITION&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_7ea646dd1d-89ee02860c-63952973\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\" title=\"\">Orchidali offers you <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/science-nutrition.com\/en\/dossier-reglementaire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\" title=\"\">an assessment of the regulatory compliance of your products.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EFSA is seeking feedback from stakeholders and other interested parties on its scientific opinion on the appropriate age for introduction of complementary<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[978,32,526,842],"class_list":["post-5367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allegations-sante-nutrition","tag-complementary-feeding","tag-efsa","tag-health","tag-infants"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is the appropriate age for introduction of complementary feeding of infants? 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