Hot Topics Call: Feeding Guidelines for Infants and Young Toddlers: A Responsive Parenting Approach

(recorded 8/23/2017) 

"Feeding Guidelines for Infants and Young Toddlers: A Responsive Parenting Approach"

Wed, Aug 23, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Speaker: Madeline Sigman-Grant, PhD, RD

Healthy feeding behaviors in early childhood are needed for healthy growth as well as social, emotional, and cognitive development. This session will introduce participants to the latest guidelines for feeding infants and toddlers ages 0 to 2, developed by an interdisciplinary panel of experts.

Learning Objectives: 

1. The participant will be able to define responsive parenting/feeding and explain why it is important for developing healthy feeding behaviors. 
2. The participant will be able to recognize examples of responsive feeding. 
3. The participant will be able to discuss ways that the infant/toddler feeding guidelines can inform their work.