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The Impact of Dietary Habits and Maternal Body Composition on Human Milk Microbiota—Polish Pilot Study [PDF]

open access: yesMolecules
Human milk (HM) is a complex biological fluid that plays a significant role in infant health, influenced by maternal dietary habits and body composition.
Agnieszka Bzikowska-Jura   +6 more
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Modulating the developing gut microbiota with 2’-fucosyllactose and pooled human milk oligosaccharides [PDF]

open access: yesMicrobiome
Background Synthetic human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are used to supplement infant formula despite limited understanding of their impact on the post-weaned developing gut microbiota. Here, we assess the influence of 0.5 g/L 2-fucosyllactose (2’FL) and
Simone Renwick   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Human Milk and Lactation [PDF]

open access: yesNutrients, 2020
Human milk is uniquely tailored to meet infants’ specific nutritional requirements [...]
Maria Lorella Giannì   +5 more
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Comparison of bacterial profiles in human milk from mothers of term and preterm infants

open access: yesInternational Breastfeeding Journal, 2023
Background Reducing the disposal of donated human milk (HM) is important for efficient management of human milk banks (HMBs). The presence of bacteria growth is the main factor that contributes to the disposal of donated HM.
Kumiko Miura   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feeding Strategies in Newborns and Infants During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Polish Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Public Health, 2023
Objective: We aimed to analyze factors affecting feeding strategies of newborns and infants during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.Methods: The cross-sectional study using a self-developed CAWI questionnaire was conducted between February and April 2021 ...
Aleksandra Wesołowska   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human milk banks in the response to COVID-19: a statement of the regional human milk bank network for Southeast Asia and beyond

open access: yesInternational Breastfeeding Journal, 2021
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations on infant feeding in the context of COVID-19 uphold standing recommendations for breastfeeding, non-separation, and skin-to-skin contact, including the use of donor human milk when mother’s ...
Estrella Olonan-Jusi   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maintaining human milk bank services throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic: A global response

open access: yesMaternal and Child Nutrition, 2021
If maternal milk is unavailable, the World Health Organization recommends that the first alternative should be pasteurised donor human milk (DHM). Human milk banks (HMBs) screen and recruit milk donors, and DHM principally feeds very low birth weight ...
Natalie Shenker   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics and factors influencing the volume of breastmilk donated by women to the first human milk bank in Vietnam

open access: yesFrontiers in Global Women's Health, 2023
BackgroundDonor human milk (DHM) is essential to the operation of human milk banks (HMB). This study examined characteristics and factors associated with higher volumes of DHM donation at the first HMB in Vietnam.MethodData from an online HMB monitoring ...
Hoang Thi Tran   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vitamin E concentration in breast milk in different periods of lactation: Meta-analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2022
ObjectiveThis study systematized information about vitamin E concentration in healthy breast milk during different stages of lactation in order to support the strategies of protecting postpartum women and infants.MethodsStudies published before April ...
Yuandi Xi   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 and Human Milk: Are We Prepared for the Next Pandemic?

open access: yesProceedings, 2023
For most babies, human milk is considered the best form of early life nutrition with additional immediate and long-term benefits for health and development.
Lars Bode
doaj   +1 more source

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