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Examining what it takes to put food on your plate

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

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The Food Chain: Feeding baby

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31/08/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The Food Chain, Feeding baby

Weaning refers to the process of introducing your baby to solid foods, alongside breast milk or formula. In the UK, the NHS suggests this normally happens at around six months old.  

In this programme Rick Kelsey starts the weaning journey with his baby boy Albie, and finds out about some of the different approaches including ‘spoon fed’ and ‘baby led’ weaning. He also gets advice on how to deal with allergies and choking.  

Rick Kelsey is joined by Katie Shelton from ‘Scrummy Tummies’, Dr Sarika Kapoor who posts online as ‘The Weaning GP’, and Rachel Childs, nutritionist at First Steps Nutrition Trust, a public health charity in the UK. 

Produced and presented by Rick Kelsey. 

You can contact the programme by emailing thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk 

(Image: a baby being spoon fed, with food around its mouth. Credit: Getty Images/ BBC)

This edition was updated on 02/10/2023.

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