Breast milk fatty acid profile in relation to infant growth and body composition: Results from the INFAT study

Pediatric Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-237

  Much, Daniela ^a   Brunner, Stefanie ^a   Vollhardt, Christiane ^a   Schmid, Daniela ^a   Sedlmeier, Eva Maria ^b   Brüderl, Monika ^a   Heimberg, Ellen ^a,c   Bartke, Nana ^d   Boehm, Günther ^d,e   Bader, Bernhard L ^b   Amann Gassner, Ulrike ^a   Hauner, Hans ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Milupa AG   (Germany)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84881241124     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.82     Document Type: Article

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