Background: Very-low-birth-weight infants continue to face significant difficulties with
postnatal growth. Human milk is the optimal form of nutrition for infants but may exhibit …

Human milk is the preferred feeding for babies but requires fortification to meet the needs of
low-birth-weight infants. Human milk is known to vary with length of gestation and state of …

There are wide variations in the macronutrient values adopted by neonatal intensive care
units and industry to fortify milk in efforts to achieve recommended intakes for preterm …

Objective To evaluate the amount of macronutrients in aggregate of human milk samples
after preterm delivery during the first 2 months of lactation. Methods Analysis of the donated …

RESULTS: A total of 214 mothers delivered 736 HM samples for analysis. Two weeks after
birth, protein content varied from 1.06 to 2.96 with a mean of 1.76 g/100 ml HM, and the …

Background Breast milk nutrient content varies with prematurity and postnatal age. Our aims
were to conduct a meta-analysis of preterm and term breast milk nutrient content (energy …

Feeding human milk exclusively to the very-low-birth-weight infant may lead to insufficient
intakes of protein and energy. Although the milk is therefore often supplemented with protein …

Most studies assessing the macronutrient content of human milk are published
retrospectively using analyzers that fail to determine sodium content and do not take into …

Premature infants require large amounts of protein and energy to achieve normal growth.
Feeding with human milk alone is therefore only regarded acceptable if the protein and …

Background Breast milk feedings are the optimal feeding choice for premature infants.
Clinicians depend on accurate nutrient profiles of the breast milk in order to make informed …