baby-led weaning

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A little while ago, we had discussion about this: a paper called 'Baby knows best? The impact of weaning style on food preferences and body mass index in early childhood in a case controlled sample.' has been published in BMJ Open, which means it is accessible without subscription on http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000298.fullThere is a short report about it in Nursing in Practice: http://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/spoon-fed-babies-likely-be-obese-later-lifeThe study appears very favourable to BLW: as the abstract says:"Compared to the spoon-fed group, the baby-led group demonstrated (1) significantly increased liking for carbohydrates (no

other differences in preference were

found) and (2) carbohydrates to be their most preferred foods (compared

to sweet foods

for the spoon-fed group). Preference

and exposure ratings were not influenced by socially desirable responding or socioeconomic

status, although an increased liking

for vegetables was associated with higher social class. There was an increased incidence

of (1) underweight in the baby-led group and (2) obesity in the spoon-fed group. No difference in picky eating was found between

the two weaning groups."best wishes Cowleysarahcowley183@...http://myprofile.cos.com/S124021COn