Importance of human milk for infants in the clinical setting: Updates and mechanistic links

EM Nagel, KM Elgersma, TT Gallagher… - Nutrition in Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Human milk (HM) is the optimal source of nutrition for infants and has been
implicated in multiple aspects of infant health. Although much of the existing literature has …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritional and non-nutritional composition of human milk is modulated by maternal, infant, and methodological factors

TM Samuel, Q Zhou, F Giuffrida, D Munblit… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Human milk (HM) is dynamic and shows a high inter-and intra-individual variability. To
characterize HM with precision, it is necessary to understand the factors that modulate its …

Outcomes improved with human milk intake in preterm and full-term infants

KE Chetta, EV Schulz, CL Wagner - Seminars in Perinatology, 2021 - Elsevier
This review highlights clinical outcomes of human milk from infancy through adulthood.
Human milk outcomes of both preterm and term infants, including critically ill term infants …

[HTML][HTML] 16 Human Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

PP Meier, B Rossman, AL Patel… - … and Breast Milk …, 2018 - tghncollections.pubpub.org
Human milk (HM, milk from the infant's own mother) feeding of premature infants during
hospitalisation in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) reduces the risk of multiple short and …

[HTML][HTML] Human milk composition and infant anthropometrics: overview of a systematic review with clinical and research implications

MB Azad, MM Brockway, SM Reyes - International Breastfeeding Journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite global public health organizations endorsing breastfeeding or human
milk (HM) as the optimal source of nutrition for infants, detailed knowledge of how HM …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring innovations in human milk analysis in the neonatal intensive care unit: a survey of the United States

SR Ramey, S Merlino Barr, KA Moore… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Human milk (HM) is the ideal enteral feeding for nearly all infants and offers
unique benefits to the very low birthweight (VLBW) infant population. It is a challenge to …

[HTML][HTML] Human Milk Composition: An Atlas for Child Health Recommendations

AJ Vargas - Advances in Nutrition, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is strong evidence that breastfeeding (chestfeeding) and/or human milk consumption
improve child and family health outcomes, and many hypotheses as to why this relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Human milk's hidden gift: implications of the milk microbiome for preterm infants' health

I Beghetti, E Biagi, S Martini, P Brigidi, L Corvaglia… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Breastfeeding is considered the gold standard for infants' nutrition, as mother's own milk
(MOM) provides nutritional and bioactive factors functional to optimal development. Early life …

[HTML][HTML] Human milk micronutrients and child growth and body composition in the first 2 years: a systematic review

SM Reyes, MM Brockway, JM McDermid, D Chan… - Advances in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Human milk (HM) provides a plethora of nutritional and non-nutritional compounds that
support infant development. For many compounds, concentrations vary substantially among …

[HTML][HTML] Human milk bioactive components and child growth and body composition in the first 2 years: A systematic review

MM Brockway, AI Daniel, SM Reyes, JM Gauglitz… - Advances in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human milk (HM) contains macronutrients, micronutrients and a multitude of other bioactive
factors, which can have a long-term impact on infant growth and development. We …