Maternal nutritional status and milk volume and composition in India: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human milk provides essential nutrition for infants, and its benefits are well established. We lack data on the influence of maternal nutritional status on milk volume and composition in low-middle income countries.

Objective

We aimed to 1) assess lactation performance (human milk volume, macronutrient composition, and infant energy intake) in Indian females and 2) examine the associations between maternal anthropometry (BMI, percentage body fat) and lactation performance.

Methods

We conducted an observational study among 232 mother-infant dyads, 2 to 4 mo postpartum in Haryana, India. We used deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique to measure milk volume and maternal percentage body fat and collected human milk samples to determine macronutrient and energ

SUBMITTER: Young MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273082 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature