Indicators of vitamin A status were evaluated in nonpregnant breast-feeding (n= 265) and
nonpregnant non-breast-feeding (n= 49) Indonesian women. The concentration of vitamin A
(not including provitamin A carotenoids) and fat in breast milk was 30% and 20% higher,
respectively, for women with a breast-fed child 7-18 mo old than for women with an infant 3-
6 mo old. The vitamin A content of milk fat was constant throughout lactation. Breast-milk
vitamin A was most sensitive to changes in vitamin A status when expressed per volume …