Nutrients 2012, 4, 1575-1609; doi:10.3390/nu4111575 OPEN ACCESS nutrients ISSN 2072-6643 www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients Review How Feasible Is Baby-Led Weaning as an Approach to Infant Feeding? A Review of the Evidence Sonya L. Cameron 1, Anne-Louise M....
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Nutrients 2012, 4, 1575-1609; doi:10.3390/nu4111575 OPEN ACCESS nutrients ISSN 2072-6643 www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients Review How Feasible Is Baby-Led Weaning as an Approach to Infant Feeding? A Review of the Evidence Sonya L. Cameron 1, Anne-Louise M. Heath 1 and Rachael W. Taylor 2,* 1 Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; E-Mails: sonya.cameron@otago.ac.nz (S.L.C.); anne-louise.heath@otago.ac.nz (A.-L.M.H.) 2 Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9050, New Zealand * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: rachael.taylor@otago.ac.nz; Tel.: +64-3-479-5262; Fax: +64-3-479-7958. Received: 25 August 2012; in revised form: 5 October 2012 / Accepted: 23 October 2012 / Published: 2 November 2012 Abstract: Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) is an alternative method for introducing complementary foods to infants in which the infant feeds themselves hand-held foods instead of being spoon-fed by an adult. The BLW infant also shares
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