Weaning on finger foods rather than spoon-fed purees may help children stay slim

Monday, February 6, 2012 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Infants allowed to feed themselves with finger foods from the start of weaning (baby led weaning) are likely to eat more healthily and be an appropriate weight as they get older than infants spoon-fed purees, indicates a small study published in BMJ Open.

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