Research Progress on Texture of Infant Supplementary Food
[Objective]To discuss the time and suggestions of addition of infant supplements,and introduce the relationship between infant dental development,chewing ability and food texture,and review the suggestions on the texture characteristics of infant supplements in China and abroad.[Method]Keywords were searched from CNKI,Wanfang databases and PubMed to retrieve and extract information related to the texture of infant food,and 43 articles were included after comprehensive screening.[Result]6-24 months'infants are in the important stage of intelligent development,such as exercise and language development.It is suggested that infants begin to add complementary food at the age of 6 months.The addition of infant supplements should not only pay attention to the nutritional content,but also to the texture characteristics of food.[Conclusion]The texture of complementary food for infants is closely related to the development of teeth and chewing ability.However,the infant feeding guidelines that China issued did not put forward detailed recommendations on the texture characteristics of infant complementary foods.This review aims to provide theoretical references for related policy making and research.
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