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Public HealthNutritionPediatricsChild NutritionHuman NutritionInfant FeedingChild FeedingFeeding DifficultiesInfant Feeding PolicyInfant Feeding PracticesInfant Feeding RecommendationsInfant NutritionEarly Childhood FeedingEarly Feeding PhysiologyInfant Feeding GuidanceNutritional Support In InfancyScientific FactsTerm Infant Feeding
Our current recommendations for infant feeding are based on relatively few facts and many opinions. In a number of areas of infant feeding, the crucial experiments have not yet been carried out and in some areas our experimental methods are too crude to permit design of appropriate studies. Changes in recommendations are to be anticipated as new evidence becomes available. Meanwhile, we make the following recommendations.