Infant and young child feeding

Model Chapter for textbooks

for medical students and allied health professionals

T
he development of this Model Chapter was initiated by the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and

Development of the World Health Organization, as part of its efforts to promote the integration of evidence-
based public health interventions in basic training of health professionals. The Model Chapter is designed for use

in textbooks used by health sciences faculties, as a result of the positive experience with the Model Chapter on
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness.