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 …

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 …

Background Characterization of the nutrients in human milk is important to understand the
dietary and developmental requirements of infants. The objective of this review was to …

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 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 …

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 …

There is an inadequate understanding of the daily variations in hormones and
macronutrients in human milk (HM), and sample collection protocols vary considerably from …

Introduction: Human milk delivers critical nutritional and immunological support to human
infants. Milk fat globules (MFGs) and their associated membranes (MFGMs) contain the …

Limited attention is given to the efficacy of protocols for the estimation of infant intake of milk
components when investigating their impact on infant outcomes. We compared the actual …

The composition of the human milk (HM) microbiota and, consequently, the microorganisms
that are passed on to the infant through breastfeeding, can be influenced by various factors …