Introduction

In this module, some conditions that are common in early infancy are reviewed, along with some of the interventions that dietitians can recommend. It begins with a discussion of special health care needs in general and some community resources that are available for children with special health care needs.

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Estimated time to complete this module: 60 minutes.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Identify some nutrition-related issues associated with some conditions that commonly occur during early infancy (prematurity, low birthweight, slow weight gain, allergies, over- and under-feeding related to feeding cues)
• Describe basic medical nutrition therapy for some conditions that commonly occur during early infancy
• Describe resources for infants with some conditions that commonly occur during early infancy