Background Global estimates of calcium, zinc and vitamin D content in breastmilk are
lacking. The objective of this systematic review was to determine the calcium, zinc, and …

Margaret G. Parker, MD, MPH, a Lisa M. Stellwagen, MD, b, c Lawrence Noble, MD, d, e Jae
H. Kim, MD, PhD, f Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, g Karen M. Puopolo, MD, PhD, h SECTION …

Five years ago, with the editorial board of Frontiers in Nutrition, we took a leap of faith to
outline the Goals for Nutrition Science–the way we see it. Now, in 2020, we can put …

Women of childbearing age in Western societies are increasingly adopting vegetarian diets.
These women are sometimes rejected as milk donors, but little about the composition of their …

Background Access to donor human milk (DHM) has primarily been based on the health and
development outcomes of premature infants but there has been little examination of the …

Preterm infants are particularly vulnerable to developing iodine deficiency. Donor human
milk (DHM) is the preferred feeding option if the mother's own milk (MOM) is not available …

We measured the sodium content of donor human milk (DHM) and calculated the estimated
intake at a feeding volume of 160 mL/kg/day. The mean sodium content of unfortified DHM …

Introduction Human milk (HM) is the optimal source of nutrition for infants and has been
implicated in multiple aspects of infant health. Although much of the existing literature has …

Background: The impact of milk banking processes on macronutrient variability in donor
human milk (DHM) is largely unknown. Objective: To gain a better understanding of fat and …

One out of 8 infants in the United States is born preterm, with approximately 16% born at 22
to 32 weeks gestation. 1 Preterm infants are highly susceptible to potentially preventable …