Impacts of Newborn Breast Milk Feeding
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Pediatric Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 January 2025 | Viewed by 724
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Pediatrics, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Interests: fetus and newborn; neonatology; breastfeeding; neonatal neurology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Human milk is the optimal form of nutrition for all infants, with significant short- and long-term benefits for both the mother and infant. Although there has been a modest increase in breastfeeding rates over the past few years, we remain short of our target goals, as described by the WHO and Healthy People 2020 goals. Breastfeeding rates have also not increased uniformly in all communities due to socioeconomic and cultural differences. This Special Issue is dedicated to studies regarding the impact of human milk and breastfeeding in achieving desirable health outcomes in our population of infants and their mothers. Research demonstrating the effects of human milk feeding on both short- and long-term mother–infant outcomes will contribute to the general knowledge base related to this topic and promote one of the major public health initiatives of our time.
Dr. Ivan Hand
Dr. Lawrence M. Noble
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- human milk
- breastfeeding
- preterm infant
- fortification
- donor breast milk
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