Recommended Nutritional Feeding Procedures for Infants 0-1 Years of Age

I. Nutritional Risk Screening for Children:

It is recommended that healthcare facilities with the capability to do so should screen all outpatient as well as inpatient children for nutritional risk (Table 1), which includes changes in body weight or length/height, dietary intake, evaluation of physical growth indicators, and the effects of disease. Children with a total screening score of 3 were recommended to be seen/consulted in the clinical nutrition department.

Table 1. Nutritional Risk Screening Chart

II. Assessment of Child Nutrition (ABCD):

The assessment of child nutrition includes anthropometric measurements, laboratory/biochemical tests, clinical signs and symptoms (e.g., blood glucose and blood glucose), and clinical signs and symptoms (e.g., blood glucose, blood glucose, blood glucose, blood glucose, blood glucose). laboratory tests, clinical indicators, and dietary assessment, and is recommended to be performed by a clinical nutritionist or pediatrician with knowledge of child nutrition.

III. Nutritional Feeding Guidance for Children:

For children with a nutritional risk score of 3 on the Child Nutritional Risk Screening (CNRS), it is recommended that a clinical dietitian or a pediatrician with knowledge of child nutrition provide professional nutritional feeding guidance.

1. General principles of nutritional feeding for infants aged 0-1 year:

2. Feeding of preterm infants:

3. Feeding of infants with special disease states:

4. Follow up and Monitoring:

1. Frequency of monitoring: 0-6 months, 1 time/month;

6-12 months, 1 time/1-2 months.

2. Monitoring indicators:

1) Physical growth indicators: including weight, length, head circumference, etc. and their growth rate.

2) Feeding tolerance: spitting, overflow, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, blood in the stool.

3) Improvement of the original disease.

3. Assessment tools: Use WHO or China's Nine Cities Growth Standards.

4. Referral: Slow or declining growth rate suggests referral to clinical nutrition.