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 outcomesFollow-up interval 18-78 months · Outpatient care in Western industrialized (European/Anglo-Saxon) countries · BLW; observational studiesOR 0.37 [0.25, 0.55]3 studies · 969 participantsVery low