Energy intake from human milk covers the requirement of 6-month-old Senegalese exclusively breast-fed infants
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Energy intake from human milk covers the requirement of 6-month-old Senegalese exclusively breast-fed infants.
Exclusive breast-feeding until 6 months is advised by the WHO as the best practice to feed infants. Yet, some studies have suggested a gap between energy requirements and the energy provided by human milk for many infants at 6 months. In order to assess the adequacy of WHO recommendations in 6-month-old Senegalese lactating infants, a comprehensive study was designed to measure human milk intak...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0007-1145,1475-2662
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114513001074