First food, weaning programme in Glasgow

Glasgow First Foods was a weaning programme aimed at promoting healthy weaning practises in 5 Social Inclusion Partnership areas (SIP). The programme encompassed 11 Health Centres, 102 Health Visitors, 8 Dieticians, 4 Oral Health Promoters and 5 Community Projects and had scheduled a total of 48 weaning sessions across 5 SIP areas. The actual attendance rate was lower than expected (28%) but was higher (38-39%) in those areas, which had been doing similar sessions for a longer period.