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.
HUANG Li-Li,XIONG Fei,YANG Fan. Relationship between breast milk composition and weight growth velocity of infants fed with exclusive breast milk[J]. CJCP, 2016, 18(10): 943-946.
HUANG Li-Li,XIONG Fei,YANG Fan. Relationship between breast milk composition and weight growth velocity of infants fed with exclusive breast milk[J]. CJCP, 2016, 18(10): 943-946.
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