Pediatric Nutrition Topics

Infant & Toddler Dietary Guidelines

Good nutrition plays a critical role in the optimal development of infants and toddlers and it is imperative that all healthcare professionals support parents and caregivers in their efforts to incorporate healthy dietary patterns from birth. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans provide advice on what to eat and drink to meet nutrient…

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Easy Tips for Inclusion of Purees in Baby Led Feeding

Marsha Dunn Klein is a pediatric occupational therapist who specializes in infant feeding. She is an author, clinician, and an internationally known educator in the field of pediatric feeding. Marsha co-founded the Get Permission Institute, an online platform for education on infant feeding.

Baby-Led Feeding

Provider Tips on Identifying Pediatric Feeding Disorders

This guide is to support the consultation process with parents on identifying possible pediatric feeding disorders. Use the infographic and checklist below with parents as part of the discussion.

Food Acceptance

Q&A: How to Support Parents of Children with Feeding Disorders When Food Packaging Changes

It can be challenging for children with feeding disorders to accept new packaging on a staple food. A strong reaction to even a slight food packaging label change is more common for children with a feeding disorder.

Food Acceptance

Learning to Eat

Create customized, evidence-based feeding guidance at the click of a button in modern family-friendly formats.

Learning to Eat

Heavy Metals and Baby Food – Bytes of Health

The Gerber Medical team partnered with experts at Bytes of Health podcast to bring you the facts about heavy metals and baby food. Learn about how heavy metals are defined, and what parents and caregivers can do to minimize baby’s exposure.

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Supporting a Healthy Gut for Baby: Healthy Digestion Matters

The gut microbiome undergoes major changes during infancy due to shifts in diet and environment (Pantazi et al. 2023). Digestive health is important for infants and young children as their systems are still developing and are more vulnerable to issues of digestion during the first three years of life, particularly within the first 1,000…

Healthy Digestion

Microbiome & FGIDs in Infants

Jose M Saavedra, MD, talks about the microbiome and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Infants and how they correlate to each other.

Healthy Digestion Webinars

New Peer-Reviewed Publication on Essential Elements for Learning to Eat

A recent publication in Frontiers in Pediatrics provides practical guidance for caregivers who support infants and toddlers when they learn to eat.

Learning to Eat Starting Solid Foods

Heavy Metals in Foods: Expert Resources

Gerber partnered with the International Food Information Council (IFIC) to provide resources and education on heavy metals in foods. These resources provide practical recommendations and definitions for families to reduce heavy metal exposure.

Heavy Metals

Understanding the California Legislative Assembly Bill 899 & Heavy Metals Testing

Beginning in January 2025 baby food manufacturers including Gerber will be sharing heavy metal testing results on foods for children under 2 years as required by the California legislative assembly bill 899, also called AB 899. The goal of AB 899 is to provide additional transparency to parents and caregivers as they make food choices…

Heavy Metals