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 …

Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of life, but many infants
receive pumped milk, formula, donor human milk, or other nutritional sources during this …

Human breast milk (HBM) is essential for the infant's growth and development right after
birth and is an irreplaceable source of nutrition for early human survival. Various infant …

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 B reastfeeding mothers may encounter unforeseen reasons for separation from
their infants, but more often women express and store milk for planned events, lifestyle …

Background Human milk is recommended as the optimal source of nutrition for babies up to
six months of age, as it provides individualized, specific and abundant nutritional …

Background & aims Significant biological variation in macronutrient content of breast milk is
an important barrier that needs to be overcome to meet nutritional needs of preterm infants …

Breast milk is considered the ideal and preferred feeding for all infants through the first 4–6
months of life. It provides many short and long-term benefits to the infant and mother. In the …

Background Preterm infants require high protein intake to achieve adequate growth and
development. Although breast milk feeding has many benefits for this population, the protein …

In addition to providing life-giving nutrients and other substances to the breastfed infant,
human milk can also represent a vehicle of pathogen transfer. As such, when an infectious …