Background When sufficient maternal breast milk is not available, alternative forms of enteral
nutrition for preterm or low birth weight (LBW) infants are donor breast milk or artificial …

Background Artificial formula can be manipulated to contain higher amounts of macro‐
nutrients than maternal breast milk but breast milk confers important immuno‐nutritional …

Background Maternal breast milk may contain less nutrients than artificial formula milk but
may confer important non‐nutrient advantages for preterm or low birth weight infants …

Objectives: To compare the effect of donor breast milk with infant formula in preterm infants.
Separate comparisons with formula were made for donor breast milk that was:(1) given as a …

OBJECTIVES We assessed the effect of feeding preterm or low birth weight infants with
infant formula compared with mother's own milk on mortality, morbidity, growth …

Background Human milk as compared to formula reduces morbidity in preterm infants but
requires fortification to meet their nutritional needs and to reduce the risk of extrauterine …

Background Breast milk provides optimal nutrition for term and preterm infants, and the ideal
way for infants to receive breast milk is through suckling at the breast. Unfortunately, this …

This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesised the post-1990 literature examining
the effect of human milk on morbidity, specifically necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), late onset …

Background Preterm infants who are fed breast milk in comparison to infant formula have
decreased morbidity such as necrotizing enterocolitis. Multi‐nutrient fortifiers used to …

Background For term infants, human milk provides adequate nutrition to facilitate growth, as
well as potential beneficial effects on immunity and the maternal‐infant emotional state …