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 is considered to be the ideal food for infants. Accurate, representative, and up-to-
date nutrient composition data of human milk are crucial for the management of infant …

Well-nourished mothers are assumed to produce adequate concentrations of nutrients in
their milk for optimal infant growth and development and infants should be exclusively …

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 …

Reported values for concentrations of micronutrients in human milk form the basis of the
majority of micronutrient intake recommendations for infants and the additional maternal …

Human milk is considered the biologic norm for feeding the human infant during the first 6
months of life, and it is a preferred food from 6 to 12 months. It is a complex food and exerts …

Background: Mother's own milk is the optimal source of nutrients and provides numerous
health advantages for mothers and infants. As they have supplementary nutritional needs …

Background Breast milk feedings are the optimal feeding choice for premature infants.
Clinicians depend on accurate nutrient profiles of the breast milk in order to make informed …

Clinicians caring for small, vulnerable newborns increasingly have access to specific
nutritional information about human milk through point-of-care analyzers and labeled …

Among exclusively breastfed infants, human milk (HM) provides complete nutrition in the first
months of life and remains an important energy source as long as breastfeeding continues …