British
research says feeding babies pureed baby food could cause health
problems later in life, and that, in keeping with the World Health
Organization's recommendations, babies should be fed only breastmilk or
formula for the first six months of life, then weaned onto solids.
According to Gill Rapley, Director General of Unicef's Baby Friendly
Initiative,
and the founder of the infant nutrition program Baby Led Weaning, after
6 months children are capable of taking food into their mouths and
chewing it, and that feeding them pureed food at this time could delay the development of chewing skills. She also argued that babies fed pureed food had little
control over how much food they ate, thus rendering them vulnerable to
constipation, and the risk of becoming
"fussy eaters" later in life.Read More...
