03162 - Infant Nutrition (RN)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student has acquired skills relating to child nutrition and, specifically, the practice and promotion of breastfeeding and nutrition in children with special needs.

Course contents

• PROTECTION, PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF BREASTFEEDING ACTIVITIES

1. Child nutrition guidelines.
2. National Prevention Plan 2020-2025.
3. National breastfeeding strategies.
4. International Code on the Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.
5. Breastfeeding during pregnancy.
6. Feeding the child with special needs: late preterm infant and infant with cleft lip and palate.
7. Promote breastfeeding beyond the first year of life.

• COMPLEMENTARY NUTRITION

1. Complementary nutrition: when, how and with what?
2. Healthy family nutrition.
3. Prevention of childhood obesity from pregnancy to the child's first 3 years.
4. Pediatric unblocking and safe cuts.
5. Accompany at the end of breastfeeding.
6. Regulations on foods intended for infants and young children.

Readings/Bibliography

• “Strategia globale per l’alimentazione dei bambini [https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/42590/9241562218_ita.pdf;jsessionid=766D93D39E167DBE52BBF738EA7959B1?sequence=6] ”. OMS, 2003

• “Implementation guidance. Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative 2018 [https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/272943] ”. UNICEF-OMS, 2018.

• “Guideline: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services [https://apps.who.int/nutrition/publications/infantfeeding/global-bf-scorecard-2017/en/index.html] ”. OMS, 2017.

• “Tracking Progress for Breastfeeding Policies and Programmes [http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/infantfeeding/global-bf-scorecard-2017.pdf] ”. UNICEF-OMS, 2017.

• “The global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016-2030) [https://www.who.int/life-course/partners/global-strategy/ewec-globalstrategyreport-200915.pdf?ua=1] ” (pdf 6,02 Mb). Every Woman Every Child, 2015

• Allattare al seno. Un investimento per la vita [http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_opuscoliPoster_303_allegato.pdf] ”. Opuscolo a cura del ministero della Salute, 2019

• La formazione del personale sanitario sull’allattamento - Raccomandazioni del Tavolo Tecnico Operativo Interdisciplinare sulla Promozione dell’Allattamento (TAS), delle Società scientifiche, degli Ordini e delle Associazioni professionali [http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pubblicazioni_2976_allegato.pdf] ” (pdf 258,91 Kb). Tas, novembre 2020.

• WHO- Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services - 2017 [http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/259386/1/9789241550086-eng.pdf?ua=1] - (linea guida sull’allattamento)

• WHO: Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding, Geneva 2003 [https://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_1467_listaFile_itemName_0_file.pdf]

• WHO: Childhood nutrition and progress in implementing the International Code of marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, A55/14, Geneva 19 March 2002 [https://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_1467_listaFile_itemName_1_file.pdf]

• OMS/UNICEF: Campagna mondiale “Ospedale amico dei bambini”, 1991 [https://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_1467_listaFile_itemName_5_file.pdf]

• OMS/UNICEF: Dichiarazione degli innocenti sulla protezione, promozione e sostegno dell’allattamento al seno (1990) [https://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_1467_listaFile_itemName_6_file.pdf]

• OMS: Codice internazionale sulla commercializzazione dei sostituti del latte materno, 1981 [https://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_1467_listaFile_itemName_7_file.pdf]

• BLUEPRINT: Protezione, promozione e sostegno dell'allattamento al seno in Europa: un programma d'azione [https://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_1467_listaFile_itemName_8_file.pdf]

• WHO Guideline for complementary feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023

• ISDI (International Special Dietary Foods Industries) statement WHO Guidance on Complementary Feeding 06 December 2023

• WHO infant feeding guidelines “contradict well-established medical advice” 20-Nov-2023 By Nikki Hancocks HTTPS://WWW.NUTRAINGREDIENTS.COM/ARTICLE/2023/11/20/WHO-INFANT-FEEDING-GUIDELINES-CONTRADICT-WELL-ESTABLISHED-MEDICAL-ADVICE

• Cattaneo A Il mercato dell’allattamento artificiale Saluteinternazionale.info 22-02-2023

• La prevenzione dell’obesità infantile: meno nove mesi più tre anni Focus sul periodo della gravidanza e dei primi 3 anni di vita del bambino - ISSN 2464 - 9252 N° 94 - 2017 PREVENZIONE NEI LUOGHI DI VITA E DI LAVORO – Emilia – Romagna

• Ausl Romagna. Tutti a Tavola! Svezzamento, una guida per genitori. Luglio 2019

• Carletti C. Svezzamento: esistono delle regole per la prima pappa? Uppa. Marzo 2024

• Codice internazionale sulla Commercializzazione dei sostituti del Latte Materno e successive risoluzioni dell’Assemblea Mondiale della Sanità, aggiornato al 2021

• CREA, Centro di ricerca alimenti e nutrizione. Linee guida per una sana alimentazione. CREA; 2019.

• IBFAN Italia. Il codice violato 2021. Cerreto Guidi (FI), 2021

• Kim SY, Yi DY. Components of human breast milk: from macronutrient to microbiome and microRNA. Clin Exp Pediatr. 2020 Aug;63(8):301-309.

• Moreira PR, Nunes LM, Giugliani ERJ, Gomes E, Führ J, Neves RO, Belin CHS, Bernardi JR. Complementary feeding methods and introduction of ultra-processed foods: A randomized clinical trial. Front Nutr. 2022 Dec 7;9:1043400.

• Mura Paroche M, Caton SJ, Vereijken CMJL, Weenen H, Houston-Price C. How Infants and Young Children Learn About Food: A Systematic Review. Front Psychol. 2017 Jul 25;8:1046.

• Piermarini L. Io mi svezzo da solo! Ed. Un pediatra per amico. Roma, 2019.

• Rapson JP, von Hurst PR, Hetherington MM, Mazahery H, Conlon CA. Starting complementary feeding with vegetables only increases vegetable acceptance at 9 months: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Jul 6;116(1):111-121

• Tomasini C. La famiglia si fa a tavola. Un viaggio nel comportamento alimentare dei bambini. Ed Sonda. Milano, aprile 2022.

• Tomasini C. L’alimentazione a base vegetale per genitori e bambini. In Guida Uppa. Famiglie vegetariane e vegane.

• Tomasini C. Lo svezzamento è vostro. Manuale pratico di autosvezzamento. Ed. Sonda. Milano, maggio 2022.

• Tomasini C. Lo svezzamento vegano è una scelta possibile? Ed Uppa 2022.

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www.gifa.org

www.ibfanitalia.org

www.who.int

Teaching methods

• Lectures and group work
• Role playing
• Case study solutions

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Teaching tools

• PowerPoint presentations
• Sitography

Office hours

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