Human milk contains all of the essential nutrients required by the infant within a complex
matrix that enhances the bioavailability of many of those nutrients. In addition, human milk is …

Human milk is universally recognized as the preferred food for infants during the first 6 mo of
life because it provides not only essential and conditionally essential nutrients in necessary …

The public health community has come to appreciate that a deeper understanding of the
biology of human milk is essential to address ongoing and emerging questions about infant …

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 …

Exclusive human milk feeding for the first 6 months of life, with continued breastfeeding for 1
to 2 years of life or longer, is recognized as the normative standard for infant feeding. 1, 2 …

Most of the major progress in understanding the unique and complex features of human
breast milk has emerged in just the past 2 decades. Since the late 1970s, key research has …

From an evolutionary and nutritional standpoint, exclusive human milk feeding for the first 6
months of life, with continued breastfeeding for 1 to 2 years of life, is recognized as the gold …

Human milk is the ideal source of nutrition for most infants, but significant gaps remain in our
understanding of human milk biology. As part of addressing these gaps, the Breastmilk …

Until the early 20th century, a wet nurse was the only safe alternative to breastfeeding, one
reason being that each species has a unique composition of its milk. When techniques for …

Mothers' own milk is the best source of nutrition for nearly all infants. Beyond somatic growth,
breast milk as a biologic fluid has a variety of other benefits, including modulation of …