Promoting Breastfeeding and Human Milk in Infants (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Neonatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2025 | Viewed by 39
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neonatal nutrition; human milk bank; neonatal care; neonatology and neonatal resuscitation
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Interests: neonatal intensive care; neonatal gastroenterology; neonatal nutrition
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Dear Colleagues,
Breast milk is considered by the scientific community, as well as by all institutions addressing pediatric health, to be an important element of well-being in the short and long term for newborns. For premature babies, it is considered a life-saving drug, thanks to its protective effects against the main complications of prematurity, and, when the parent's milk is not available, the second-best nutritional option is donated milk from milk banks. The extensive use of maternal milk results in healthier children and adults. For this reason, many states have adopted breastfeeding promotion measures, which have led to higher percentages over the years, but the objectives established worldwide have not yet been achieved. Worrying breastfeeding rates are being recorded in low-income countries. We welcome studies related to human milk, regarding both its composition and the correlation between bioactive factors and the prevention of pathologies, as well as the use of donated milk. We also invite works analyzing the state of the art in breastfeeding and the factors that have been shown to be effective in promoting breastfeeding and the use of human milk.
Considering the success and popularity of the Special Issue “Promoting Breastfeeding and Human Milk in Infants”, previously published in the journal Children (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/special_issues/72GNT3WBWG), we are launching a second edition to further explore this topic, and we invite scholars to share their findings, perspectives, and approaches in breastfeeding and human milk in infants.
Dr. Pasqua Anna Quitadamo
Prof. Dr. Luigi Corvaglia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- breastfeeding
- human milk
- infant feeding
- bioactive factors
- human milk composition
- breastfeeding promotion
- human milk banking
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