Abstract
There is no other stage in life in which a single food serves as the sole source of adequate nutrition, as human milk does for us in early infancy. Human milk is a dynamic, complex fluid that contains nutrients and bioactive factors needed for newborn and infant health and development. This chapter outlines the unique nutritional and other nonnutritive protective components found in human milk.
Publisher
American Academy of PediatricsItasca, IL
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