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Infant and Child Nutrition

This document provides guidelines on infant and child nutrition, including recommendations for breastfeeding, complementary feeding, micronutrient supplementation, and deworming. It recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, followed by continued breastfeeding and introducing complementary foods between 6-12 months. It also provides dosing guidelines for iron and vitamin A supplementation from 6 months to 5 years old. Deworming medications including albendazole and mebendazole are recommended every 6 months for children 1-12 years old.

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Infant and Child Nutrition

This document provides guidelines on infant and child nutrition, including recommendations for breastfeeding, complementary feeding, micronutrient supplementation, and deworming. It recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, followed by continued breastfeeding and introducing complementary foods between 6-12 months. It also provides dosing guidelines for iron and vitamin A supplementation from 6 months to 5 years old. Deworming medications including albendazole and mebendazole are recommended every 6 months for children 1-12 years old.

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INFANT AND CHILD NUTRITION

 Proper nutrition is crucial to optimal growth and development


 Rapid growth rates in children are accompanied by high maintenance needs

I. GUIDELINES ON INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING


 UNICEF and WHO recommend that infants be exclusively breastfed on demand for the first 6
months of life.
 Early introduction of food and other liquids leads to:
o Reduced breastmilk intake
o Decreased full absorption of nutrients from breastmilk
o Increased risk of diarrhea and upper respiratory infections
A. Feeding the 6-12 Month Old
 Complementary feeding:
o Introduction of solid and liquid food other than breastmilk or formula
o Begin at 6 months
o Introduce new food one at a time
o Additional new food spaced 3 days to detect adverse reactions
 Encourage cup rather than bottle
 Give iron-containing food/supplement (meat, iron-fortified cereals)
 Encourage zinc intake (eg. Meat, dairy products, wheat, rice)
 Discourage fluids other than formula or water ( maximum of 4-6 oz/day for fruit juice)
B. Feeding the 2 year-old
 3 meals/day with 2-3 snacks
 Reduced food intake is expected due to decrease in growth rate ( do not force-feed and
understand that lack of interest in food is only temporary)
 Allow for self-selection of diet and respect likes and dislikes)
II. MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION

AGE PREPARATION DOSE/DURATION


IRON SUPPLEMENTATION
For low birth weight (1, 500- 2,  Drops with 15 mg  0.3 mL once a day to
499 grams) elemental iron per 0.6 start at 2 months old
mL until 6 months old
Infants 6-11 months old  Drops with 15 mg  0.6 mL once a day for 3
elemental iron per 0.6 months
mL
1-5 years old  Syrup with 30 mg  5 mL once a day for 3
elemental iron per 5 mL months or 30 mg once a
week for 6 months with
supervised
administration
Adolescent females 10-19 years  Tablet with 60 mg  One tablet once a day
old elemental iron with 400
mcg folic acid (coated)
2) Vitamin A supplementation  
Infants 6-11 months old  100,000 IU  One dose only ( one
capsule is given anytime
between 6-11 months
old, but usually given at
9 months old during the
measles immunization)
Children 12-71 months old  200,000 IU  One tablet once day

DEWORMING

I. INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS

INDICATIONS CONTRAINDICATIONS
 Deworming for children 1-12 years old  Severe malnutrition
 High grade fever
 Profuse diarrhea
 Abdominal pain
 Serious illness
 Previous hypersensitivity to anti-
helminthic drug

II. REGIMENS

DRUG AGE GROUP DOSE FREQUENCY


 Albendazole  12-23 months  200 mg  Single dose,
old every 6 months
 24 months and  400 mg  Single dose,
above every 6 months
 Mebendazole  12 months and  500 mg  Single dose,
above every 6 months
 Shall be taken on full stomach
 DOH National Filariasis Elimination Program implemented in municipalities endemic for
filariasis: mass treatment with DEC and albendazole is given to children 2 years old and above

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