National Health and Medical Research Council Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers, 2003

In 2003, the National Health and Medical Research Council updated Australia's Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers and incorporated them into the Dietary guidelines for children and adolescents in Australia. 1 The new Infant Feeding Guidelines recommend that as many infants as possible in Australia be exclusively breastfed until six months of age and that mothers continue breastfeeding until their infants are 12 months of age, and beyond if both mother and infant wish.