Consultation: Draft Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants (0 to 6 months) guidelines
Opened on August 19, 2025 and will close for consultation on October 27, 2025 The Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants guidelines help health professionals give consistent information on feeding infant
Consultation: Draft Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants (0 to 6 months) guidelines
Consultation: Draft Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants (0 to 6 months) guidelines: Source: Health Canada; Region: CA; Evidence-based information for parents. Based on CA guidelines for 0-12 months.
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- Source: Health Canada
- Region: CA
- Evidence-based information for parents
Published
10/8/2025
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Editorial workflow
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CA
Opened on August 19, 2025 and will close for consultation on October 27, 2025
The Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants guidelines help health professionals give consistent information on feeding infants, by providing:
As part of our revision process, we're seeking comments on the draft guidelines for infant nutrition from birth to 6 months of age. Our objective is to ensure the final guidelines are clear, complete, relevant and useful.
Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants is a joint statement of:
Before beginning our online consultation, review the draft Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants (0 to 6 months) guidelines.
Complete the questionnaire.
Send an email with your ideas or comments to nutrition@hc-sc.gc.ca
We want to hear from:
We want to know if the draft guidelines are clear, complete and relevant for health professionals and policy makers working in infant nutrition.
Revision of Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants
Bureau of Healthy Eating Policy and Promotion Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada 251 Sir Frederick Banting Postal Locator 2203E Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9
Email: nutrition@hc-sc.gc.ca
References
- Consultation: Draft Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants (0 to 6 months) guidelines(Health Canada)10/8/2025
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