For term searches and specialty glossaries, please try the new GBK glossariesEnglish to French translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Nutrition Additional field(s): Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | English term or phrase: responsive feeding | Definition from World Health Organization : Feeding young infants requires active care and stimulation, where the caregiver is responsive to the child clues for hunger and also encourages the child to eat. This is also referred to as active or responsive feeding.
Example sentence(s): - Premature infants need their mothers’ sensitive and responsive feeding behavior to regulate their feeding, to feed adaptively and to engage their mothers. allacademic.com
 - Also very importantly, responsive feeding, maternal encouragement to eat and other psychosocial aspects of care during feeding likely to be important for ensuring adequate food and nutrient intake of the child. unicef.org
 - The complementary feeding phase is a fun learning time for infants. Listening to their baby’s messages is all parents need to do to develop a responsive feeding relationship. INFACT Canada

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| nourriture à la demande | Definition: "Nourriture à la demande" signifie que la personne qui nourrit l'enfant (mère, père, autre) le fait lorsque ce dernier le réclame, et non à heure fixe (toutes les 2 h par ex.) |
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