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Overview
In this insightful Infant Nutrition - from Breastfeeding to Baby's First Solids course at Deakin University by FutureLearn 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.
Key facts
- You’ll explore the nutritional requirements of young children, as well as why healthy food for babies is so essential.
- Discover the benefits of breastfeeding and the role of infant formula
- Both breastfeeding and formula can form an essential part of a young child’s nutrition, and you’ll explore how and why this is. You’ll learn about the benefits of breastfeeding and why formula can be so useful.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...- 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 importance of feeding infants during family meals.
Programme Structure
Topics include:
- Infants’ nutritional requirements and the roles of breastfeeding or infant 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.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 14 days
- 3 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Nutrition & Dietetics Health Sciences View 283 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This course has been specially created for parents of new infants with an interest in early childhood nutrition, including those wanting to undertake further study.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents49 EUR / year≈ 49 EUR / year -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents49 EUR / year≈ 49 EUR / year
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