Clinical strategies for addressing obesity in infants and toddlers

Nurse Pract. 2021 Feb 1;46(2):28-33. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000731552.88748.57.

Abstract

Babies' earliest food experiences have a lifelong impact on eating preferences and dietary habits, laying the foundation for obesity risk. NPs have the opportunity to provide education about healthy infant feeding practices before the growth trajectory becomes abnormal and focus intensive education on at-risk families.

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Diet*
  • Feeding Behavior*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Food
  • Obesity / epidemiology
  • Obesity / prevention & control