Importance of human milk for infants in the clinical setting: Updates and mechanistic links.

Emily M NagelKristin M ElgersmaTiffany T GallagherKelsey E JohnsonEllen DemerathCheryl A Gale

Published in: Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2023)

In this review, we affirm the importance of HM for all infants, especially clinical populations. An understanding of how HM composition is modulated by maternal and environmental factors is important to progress the field forward with respect to mechanistic links between HM biology and infant health outcomes.

Keyphrases

human milk
low birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
preterm birth