Social Initiative
Complementary Feeding Day

  June 06,2022

  

Complementary feeding starts when breast milk is no longer sufficient by itself, where the target age is 6-23 months.

CF is needed to provide energy and essential nutrients required for continued growth and development.

Mothers were told about Optimal nutrition, age appropriate food texture, consistency, food diversity,micronutrients& visual appearance for food acceptance in the local language understood by them which was followed by Q&A session.

Also a talk on `Role of Nutrition in supporting Milestone Achievement in Infancy` was discussed with Doctor Colleagues.

The nutrients in the recommended CF complement that in Breast milk, hence the name.

"Feeding smart Also right from the start"