The fat content of suckled breast milk: a new approach to its assessment.
Using a modification of the "interrupted feed" technique (Woolridge et al., 1982, Early Hum. Dev., 6, 265-272), the authors devised an equation relating milk fat content at any point during a feed from a breast to the volume consumed since the start of the feed. Hence, an equation was obtained to estimate the mean fat content (MF) of milk consumed during a feed from the fat content of small samples of fore-milk (Fb) and hind-milk (Fe): MF = 0.57Fb + 0.43Fe The authors argue that their approach yields a closer approximation to the true value of MF than previously described estimators of MF.
Woodward
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Biochemistry Department, University of Tasmania, Australia.
Rees
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Boon
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