TABLE 2-3Recommendation-Level Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  • Recommendations that provide guidance related to what and/or how to feed human milk, infant formula, other foods and beverages, and supplements to infants and children younger than 24 months of agea
  • Recommendations on topics listed in the document-level exclusion criteriab
  • Dietary Reference Intake or other dietary reference values for individual nutrients
  • Recommendations related to peanut allergy prevention that were prepared or published before the release of the LEAP trialc

NOTE: LEAP = Learning Early About Peanut Allergy.

a

Recommendations may include the primary prevention of food allergies and other common conditions (e.g., diarrhea, constipation, dental caries). However, recommendations on the treatment of a condition were excluded.

b

Recommendations were excluded if they were about preterm infants; clinical treatment of a specific disease or condition; clinical management of lactation; the benefits of breastfeeding; methods for preparing and storing foods, including breast milk and formula; malnutrition or emergency situations; intake of breastfeeding mothers; or infant formula composition.

c

Many agencies, organizations, and groups used the LEAP trial (Du Toit et al., 2015) to update feeding guidelines related to the primary prevention of peanut allergy. Inclusion of peanut allergy–related recommendations predating the release of the LEAP trial results would unnecessarily introduce inconsistency and those earlier recommendations were therefore excluded.

From: 2, Methodology

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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