Online Consultation on Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants: Recommendations from Birth to Six Months

Notice to reader: The online consultation is now closed.
The first phase of the project addressing the recommendations for feeding infants from birth to six months of age, is now complete.

Health Canada is conducting an open online consultation on the draft statement: Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants - Recommendations from Birth to Six Months. The statement contains evidence-informed recommendations to assist health professionals in communicating consistent guidance on infant nutrition to Canadian parents and caregivers.

The draft statement has been prepared by the Infant Feeding Joint Working Group, which includes representatives from the Canadian Paediatric Society, Dietitians of Canada, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, with guidance and support from an Expert Advisory Group. All input received from stakeholders will be considered in finalizing the statement.

How to get involved

This consultation is open for comment from January 6 to April 15, 2011.

Please read the Draft Statement and complete and submit the Comment Form either online or via email, fax or mail:

Email: nutrition@hc-sc.gc.ca

Fax: 613-941-2432

Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
C/o Infant Nutrition Project Lead
Health Canada
Address Locator: 3303D
Qualicum Tower A
2936 Baseline Rd
Ottawa ON K1A 0K9

Help on accessing alternative formats, such as PDF, MP3 and WAV files, can be obtained in the alternate format help section.

Project information

Infant Feeding

Reporting to Canadians

Health Canada will make the results of this consultation available on this Web site.

If you have any questions, contact us at nutrition@hc-sc.gc.ca