Baby adivce

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The UK’s Food Standards agency has reiterated its guidance to feed babies

only breast milk or formula up to around six months of age, as there is

evidence that there may be an increased risk of coeliac disease if

gluten-containing foods are introduced too early.

Following a scientific opinion from the European Food Safety Authority

(EFSA) that the introduction of

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an infant’s diet by six months of age while still breastfeeding, might

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and diabetes, the UK food safety agency asked its The Committee on

Toxicity (COT) and Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) to

examine the available evidence.

They concluded that:

- Introducing gluten-containing foods before three months (13 weeks)

might be linked to an increased risk of coeliac disease;

- the evidence currently available is not strong enough to make specific

recommendations about when gluten should be introduced into infants’ diets

beyond three months of age;

- the evidence is not strong enough to support a recommendation to

introduce gluten before six months of age; there might be an increased

chance of infants developing coeliac disease if they are not being breastfed

when gluten is introduced into the diet.

The FSA said: *“These findings do not change current government advice, but

will be used to inform a wider SACN review of existing recommendations on

infant and young child feeding, which will include the appropriate age for

the introduction of solids.”*

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