Increase in Child Allergies Prompts Release of New Weaning Guidelines

The Australian reported that the National Health and Medical Research Council or NHMRC is set to release new weaning guidelines, which will loosen up on its recommendation that babies should be breastfed exclusively in their first six months.

As quoted in the market news:

“The NHMRC’s existing limit of six months mirrors that of the World Health Organisation, but clashes with advice from Australia’s top allergy specialists.

The Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy says parents should start introducing solid foods from the age of four months, in addition to breastmilk.”

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