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Infant as a consumer: what to consume?
Author(s) -
Yasmin Hena
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of consumer studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 1470-6423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2005.00376.x
Subject(s) - weaning , infant feeding , breast feeding , infant formula , breastfeeding , breast milk , developmental psychology , baby food , psychology , pediatrics , environmental health , medicine , biology , biochemistry , pathology , endocrinology
Infancy is the period in life from birth to the age of 1 year. An infant becomes a child and then an adolescent, passes through his/her parents’ lives and disappears into adulthood, a fully fledged person, with a life and a future all his/her own. What an infant eats at this stage is crucial to his/her future health. There are several feeding practices pertaining to infants, including breast‐feeding, artificial feeding, mixed feeding, formula feeding and weaning. A detailed comparative study of these feeding practices concludes that breast‐feeding is the best practice for infant feeding. It makes a unique fundamental contribution to the health and nutrition of infants. The ideal food for the young infant is human milk. It has specific characteristics that match the growing infant's nutritional requirements during the first year of life.