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Infant Nutrition: From Breastfeeding to Baby's First Solids

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Infant Nutrition: From Breastfeeding to Baby’s First Solids
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
  4. Reviews & Experiences

What is the course about?

Infant Nutrition: From Breastfeeding to Baby’s First Solids
The course Infant Nutrition: From Breastfeeding to Baby’s First Solids is an online class provided by Deakin University through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

It’s well known that good early nutrition is vital to children’s health, development, and wellbeing – but what does it look like?

Course description
  • Explore the principles of good nutrition in the first 12 months of a baby’s life
  • 2 weeks
  • The birth of a child is exciting and exhilarating. It can also be stressful and confusing.
  • In this free online course led by nutritional experts from Deakin University, you’ll trace the milestones in a baby’s first year of life to learn about the principles of good infant nutrition and how you can apply them.
  • You’ll learn about baby feeding – what and how much to give them – how to wean a baby, and practical strategies for dealing with fussy eating children as they move from milk and mushy stuff to take their place at the family table.
  • Infants’ nutritional requirements and the importance of both breastfeeding and formula in meeting them.
  • Comparison of global nutritional guidelines, best practice and evidence-based research to find out what foods babies need, and how much and how often to feed them
  • When and how to introduce solid foods
  • Why participating in family meals is important for promoting food acceptance and preferences for lifelong health and wellbeing.
  • Identify the key principles of good infant nutrition
  • Explain the importance of breastfeeding and what role infant formula may play
  • Describe methods for introducing solid foods into the diet of infants
  • Identify a range of healthy nutritious foods for infants
  • Describe the significance of feeding infants during family meals.
  • This course has been created for parents of new infants and healthcare practitioners with an interest in early childhood nutrition and children’s health, including those wanting to undertake further study.
  • Deakin University
  • Deakin University is one of Australia’s largest universities with more than 61,000 students and over 15,000 online.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Infant Nutrition: From Breastfeeding to Baby’s First Solids

Course Topic

Business, Data Analytics, Decision Making

University, College, Institution

Deakin University

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Infant Nutrition: From Breastfeeding to Baby’s First Solids

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Deakin University you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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