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SPECIAL SERIES: DIET AND HEALTH

Nutrition and human milk

, MD & , MPH
Pages 153-156 | Published online: 07 Jul 2016
 

Abstract

The nutritional composition of human milk is specifically suited to the needs of the human infant. In addition to eliminating the chance for contamination, human milk provides active protection against infection, and breast-fed babies have fewer metabolic anomalies and are less subject to allergy than formula-fed babies.

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