Lactation is a dynamic process that has evolved to produce a complex biological fluid that
provides nutritive and nonnutritive factors to the nursing offspring. It has long been assumed …

Researchers have recently called for human lactation research to be conceptualized as a
biological framework where maternal and infant factors impacting human milk, in terms of …

Human milk is considered the optimal nutrition for infants as it provides additional attributes
other than nutritional support for the infant and contributes to the mother's health as well …

In mammalian physiology, lactation follows pregnancy, and disruption of this physiology is
associated with adverse health outcomes for mother and child. Although lactation is the …

Background Promoting breastfeeding is an important public health intervention, with benefits
for infants and mothers. Even modest increases in prevalence and duration may yield …

Breastmilk is the physiologic norm for infant nutrition. Despite recommendations from major
health organizations, many women in the US are not achieving this metric. Understanding …

This paper resulted from a conference entitled “Lactation and Milk: Defining and refining the
critical questions” held at the University of Colorado School of Medicine from January 18 …

Critical advancement is needed in the study of human milk as a biological system that
intersects and interacts with myriad internal (maternal biology) and external (diet …

In mammalian physiology, lactation follows pregnancy. Disruption of this physiology is
associated with long-term adverse maternal health outcomes, including higher risks of later …

Abstract The goal of Working Group 1 in the Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition
(BEGIN) Project was to outline factors influencing biological processes governing human …