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World Health Organization Complementary feeding Report of the global consultation Summary of guiding principles Geneva, 10-13 December 2001 Complementary feeding Report of the global consultation convened jointly by the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development and the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development Geneva, 10-13 December 2001 and Summary of guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child World Health Organization WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Complementary feeding: report of the global consultation, and summary of guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child. 1.Infant nutrition 2.Guidelines 3.Breast feeding 4.Feeding behavior I.Global Consultation on Complementary Feeding (2001 : Geneva, Switzerland) II.Title: Summary of guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child. ISBN 92 4 154614 X (NLM Classification: QU 145.5) © World Health Organization 2002 All rights reserved. Pu...

1 INDICATORS FOR ASSESSING INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES Conclusions of a consensus meeting held 6-8 November 2007 in Washington D.C., USA INTRODUCTION It has been 16 years since the publication of the document Indicators for assessing breastfeeding practices (1), which provided a set of indicators that could be used to assess infant feeding within and across countries and evaluate the progress of breastfeeding promotion efforts. Since 1991, there have been important developments in infant and young child feeding recommendations and scientific knowledge about what constitutes optimal breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices, which have led to the need for revision and expansion of the set of indicators initially recommended. In 2001, for example, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months (2, 3), which was a change from the previous recommendation to introduce complementary foods at 4-6 months. The indicator for exclusive br...