TABLE 4-1Aspects of Dietary Variety or Diversity Mentioned in Recommendations from Eligible Guideline Documents

Organization(s)CitationFoods and Food GroupsFrequency of Food GroupsNutritious FoodsFlavorTextureVariety in Amounts of Foods
AHAGidding et al., 2005X
Breastfeeding Committee for Canada; CPS; Dietitians of Canada; HCHealth Canada et al., 2014XXX
ESPGHANFewtrell et al., 2017XXX
New Zealand Ministry of HealthMinistry of Health, 2012XXXXX
NICENICE, 2008X
PAHO/WHOPAHO/WHO, 2003XX
RWJF-HERPérez-Escamilla et al., 2017XXX
SACNSACN, 2018XXX
SIGENP; SIAIPAlvisi et al., 2015XXX
WHOWHO, 2005XXXX

NOTE: AHA = American Heart Association; CPS = Canadian Paediatric Society; ESPGHAN = European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; HC = Health Canada; NICE = National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; PAHO = Pan American Health Organization; RWJF-HER = Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-Healthy Eating Research; SACN = Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition; SIAIP = Italian Societ of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology; SIGENP = Italian Society of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Pediatric Nutrition; WHO = World Health Organization.

From: 4, Existing Recommendations on What to Feed

Cover of Feeding Infants and Children from Birth to 24 Months
Feeding Infants and Children from Birth to 24 Months: Summarizing Existing Guidance.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee on Scoping Existing Guidelines for Feeding Recommendations for Infants and Young Children Under Age 2; Harrison M, Dewey K, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2020 Jul 8.
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