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Baby-led weaning (BLW) vs Traditional complementary feeding (TCF)

Overweight/obesity risk · Healthy, term-born, normal-birth-weight infants aged 4-24 months (breastfed and/or formula-fed) in Western industrialized countries

Among observational studies, baby-led weaning was associated with lower odds of overweight/obesity than other feeding models (OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.25 to 0.55), but certainty is very low.

1 finding from 1 review

Complementary Feeding Caregivers' Practices and Growth, Risk of Overweight/Obesity, and Other Non-Communicable… 2022 All outcomes
Follow-up interval 18-78 months · Outpatient care in Western industrialized (European/Anglo-Saxon) countries · BLW; observational studies
OR 0.37 [0.25, 0.55]
3 studies · 969 participants
Very low

Baby-led weaning (BLW) / BLISS vs Traditional complementary feeding (TCF)

Choking · Healthy, term-born, normal-birth-weight infants aged 4-24 months (breastfed and/or formula-fed) in Western industrialized countries

No significant difference in choking risk was found between BLW/BLISS-fed and traditionally fed infants (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Complementary Feeding Caregivers' Practices and Growth, Risk of Overweight/Obesity, and Other Non-Communicable… 2022 All outcomes
Infancy to ~24-36 months · Outpatient care in Western industrialized (European/Anglo-Saxon) countries
No statistically significant differences in the rate of choking events were observed between TCF-fed infants and BLW/BLISS-fed infants (2 BLW observational studies, 1 BLISS RCT, plus 3 later studies; not pooled).
6 studies
GRADE not reported