Impact of food supplementation during lactation on infant breast-milk intake and on the proportion of infants exclusively breast-fed

From: The Journal of Nutrition | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Impact of Food Supplementation during Lactation on Infant Breast-Milk Intake and on the Proportion of Infants Exclusively Breast-Fed1,2

Teresa Gonzalez-Cossio,*4 Jean-Pierre Habicht,* Kathleen M. Rasmussen* and Hernan L. Delgado

ABSTRACT To evaluate whether milk production can be improved by increasing food intake, a randomized, double-blind, supplementation trial was completed among 102 lactating Guatemalan women. The subjects were undernourished, as indicated by their low values for calf circumference (CC) and the small size of their infants at birth. A high-energy (2.14 MJ/d, HES) and a ...

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