Perspective: Human Milk Composition and Related Data for National Health and Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research.

ABSTRACT: National health and nutrition monitoring is an important federal effort in the United States and Canada, and the basis for many of their nutrition and health policies. Understanding of child exposures through human milk (HM) remains out of reach due to lack of current and representative data on HM's composition and intake volume. This article provides an overview of the current national health and nutrition monitoring activities for HM-fed children, HM composition (HMC) and volume data used for exposure assessment, categories of potential measures in HM, and associated variability factors. In this Perspective, we advocate for a framework for collection and reporting of HMC data for national health and nutrition monitoring and programmatic needs, including a shared vision for a publicly ava

SUBMITTER: Ahuja JKC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9776678 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature