Protein nutrition, faecal flora and iron metabolism: the role of milk-based formulae.
This paper explores the role of milk-based formulae in achieving four aspects of nutritional health in infants and toddlers: in the suckling, to mimic the amino acid metabolism and the faecal flora of a breast-fed baby; in the weanling, to achieve adequate protein intakes in later infancy and beyond and to achieve satisfactory haemoglobin concentrations in the early toddler years. Milk-based formulae have two roles in infant nutrition: as so-called breast milk substitutes and as a safety net during the weaning period; the latter role may be the more important.
Wharton
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Sorrento Maternity Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Balmer
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Berger
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Scott
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D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000032:analysis; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D008892:Milk; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011506:Proteins
D011506:Proteins