Zinc deficiency in nursing infants.
Zinc deficiency during nursing can occur even in breast-fed infants. Zinc reserves accumulated during fetal development modulate the infant's susceptibility to zinc deficiency. Improvement of maternal zinc nutrition during pregnancy is the key for infant's zinc nutritional support and prevention of low-for-lactation-age zinc concentrations of breast-milk.
Dórea
José G
JG
Department of Nutrition, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil. dorea@rudah.com.br
D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007422:Intestines / Q000737:chemistry; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis / Q000172:deficiency*
D015032:Zinc