Relationship between breast milk composition and weight growth velocity of infants fed with exclusive breast milk
HUANG Li-Li, XIONG Fei, YANG Fan
Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University/Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China
Abstract:Objective To study the effect of breast milk composition on weight growth velocity of infants fed with exclusive breast milk. Methods One hundred and thirty-eight full-term singleton infants who received regular follow-up visits and fed with exclusive breast milk and their mothers were recruited. Body height, weight and head circumference of these infants were measured at regular visits. Z scores were used to evaluate growth velocity. The subjects were classified into a failure to thrive group (ΔZ scores ≤ -0.67), a poor growth group (-0.67 Results ΔZ scores for weight in the failure to thrive and poor growth groups were lower than in the normal control group (P P Conclusions Weight growth velocity of infants can be affected by the composition of breast milk to a certain degree in a short period. In order to maintain a good weight growth velocity of infants, mothers should have a balanced diet to improve the quality of breast milk.
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